Chicken Soup Aka Jewish Penicillin
From borinda 18 years ago
- 180 minutes to make
- Serves 12
This is why my chciken soup is frequently requested by our guests, when we share holidays, and even by ailing friends. The smell is great and the flavor is intense and satisfying. If you want a hearty soup - puree all of the solids in once the cooking time is over. Read more The parsnip makes the house smell like a holiday to me!! See less
Ingredients
- 1 large roasting chicken, cut up for easier handling, plus gizzards shopping list
- 1 large parsnip, peeled and cut to 1" pieces shopping list
- 3 stalks of celery, cut to 1" pieces shopping list
- 3 large carrots, peeled and cut to 1" pieces shopping list
- 1 medium onion, peeled, quartered, and sliced shopping list
- 1 bunch parsley, rinsed well shopping list
- 1 bunch dill, rinsed well shopping list
- water shopping list
- kosher salt shopping list
- pepper shopping list
How to make it
- In a large stockpot place the chicken, vegetables and water.
- Tie the parsley and dill together with chef's twine and dangle the end outside the pot for when you want to fish it out.
- Add water until everything is covered.
- Add some salt (more added at the end to taste)
- Bring this to a boil and then simmer for about three hours.
- **Be sure to turn the chicken occasionally to cook evenly.
- **Be sure to skim the foam off the top periodically.
- Add salt and pepper to season to taste.
- When this is done simmering you can serve up bowls of the broth plus some of the vegetables. Remove the herbs, just leave the loosened bits. The cooked chicken is great then but also makes THE tastiest chicken salad. (I love it in my already posted Easy Pasta Salad)
- If you enjoy a hearty soup puree all of the vegetables and serve with pieces of the chicken in it for a filling meal with bread or matzoh.
The Rating
Reviewed by 8 people-
OMG...this is just like my best friend's mom in elementary school cooked it! And now I will buy the organic whole chickens from Costco and do the same. It comes in two's. One I can "Beer Can" grill and the other I can soup! Oh boy, I'm so happy!
httpmom
in San Francisco Bay Area loved it
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There was not a word spoken by my husband and dad-in-law while they ate this, which is a definite thumbs-up! Didn't find the matzo meal, so I made regular Southern dumplings (long and flat). It's just all good!
sweetwords
in Raleigh loved it
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My all time favorite soup! Thank you for the recipe, as I go to my best deli *Zaftig's* when I am feeling a cold coming on for a *care package* with Matzo Balls, a must! :)
noir
in Boston loved it
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