Sweet Chicken Soup Recipe

How to make it

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• In a very large pot, add at least 8 cups of water and bring to a boil.
• Add the whole chicken and cover the pot. (Do not add any salt.)
• Cook for at least 1 1/2 hours and check chicken for tenderness.
• If you can pull off a leg, the chicken is done.
• Remove the chicken from pot and place in a large bowl to cool.
• Bring the water back to a boil and add the rest of your ingredients.
• Bring back to another boil and reduce heat to simmer.
• Cook for one hour.
• Meanwhile, after the chicken has cooled, remove the meat from the bones and shred or chop the meat.
• After your vegetables have cooked completely, add the chicken back to the pot and stir.
• The soup is now ready to be served.
• You can have everyone season their own soup with the salt and pepper at this point.
• ------CROCKPOT DIRECTIONS--------------
• Use a bag of frozen chicken tenderloins or 2 pounds of cut up chicken. Add those to your crockpot, layer the vegetables over and cover with water and turn on low for at least 8 hours.
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• If you wish to add noodles or rice to the soup, do not add it to the pot. Add a 1/2 of cooked noodles or rice to your individual bowls and ladle soup over that.
• *You can add sliced mushrooms, corn, celery or some chopped green dell peppers without compromising the natural sweet flavor of the soup.
• ---This is great served as a main course with a salad and some hot crispy rolls.
• ***I also have to add that this soup is great for those of you who are cooking for your dogs. Add a scoop or two of this over some dried dog food and mix it well. I feed mastiffs and they love it!