Molly's Favourite Chicken Soup
Yield
servingsPrep
20 minCook
3 hrsReady
3 hrsIngredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
5 | pounds |
chicken
quartered |
|
2 | each |
chicken feet
4 ea chicken wings or, 1 turkey wing |
* |
3 | cloves |
garlic
bruised |
|
1 | medium |
onions
peeled |
|
4 | each |
carrots
peeled and cut up |
|
4 | Stalks |
celery
cut up |
* |
½ | bunch |
parsley leaves
tied with string |
|
1 | each |
bay leaves
|
* |
1 ½ | teaspoons |
salt
|
|
½ | teaspoon |
black peppercorns
|
|
1 | x |
black pepper
ground |
* |
4 | quarts |
water
|
* |
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
2.3 | kg |
chicken
quartered |
|
2 | each |
chicken feet
4 ea chicken wings or, 1 turkey wing |
* |
3 | cloves |
garlic
bruised |
|
1 | medium |
onions
peeled |
|
4 | each |
carrots
peeled and cut up |
|
4 | Stalks |
celery
cut up |
* |
0.5 | bunch |
parsley leaves
tied with string |
|
1 | each |
bay leaves
|
* |
7.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
2.5 | ml |
black peppercorns
|
|
1 | x |
black pepper
ground |
* |
4 | quarts |
water
|
* |
Directions
Pour water into a large pot.
Add the chicken, and chicken feet, garlic, onion, carrots, celery, parsley, bay leaf, salt and peppercorns, and slowly bring to a boil over medium heat.
Reduce heat and simmer for 3 hours, using a spoon to skim the fat from the soup as thoroughly as possible.
Cool.
Strain the soup.
Discard the onion, parsley, bay leaf and peppercorns, and set the other vegetablees aside.
Skin the chicken and remove the meat from the bones.
Return the chicken meat, carrots, celery, garlic cloves and broth to the pot and bring back to a simmer, seasoning with additional salt or pepper to taste.
Serve the soup in big bowls, over pastina, rice or spaghettini.
This soup's curative powers are released only when the vegetables are mashed together in the bowl.
Use a fork for mashing.
Use a big spoon for eating. Makes 3 quarts.