Basil Chicken Soup Recipes

BASIC CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Bring chicken, water, and 1 tablespoon salt to a boil in a large stockpot. Skim foam. Add onions, celery, and garlic. Reduce heat. Simmer, partially covered, for 30 minutes.
• Remove breast, and set aside. Add carrots. Simmer, partially covered, for 40 minutes.
• Remove remaining chicken; discard back and wings. Let cool slightly. Remove meat from bones, and cut into bite-size pieces.
• Stir in desired amount of chicken; reserve the rest for another use. Skim fat. Season with salt.

BASIC CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Mix 1 cup water and cornstarch in a bowl until cornstarch dissolves.
• Heat olive oil and garlic in a large pot over medium heat for 1 minute. Add carrots, celery, and salt; cook until tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Add chicken thighs; cook until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 7 minutes. Add remaining 7 cups water and chicken soup base.
• Bring to a boil, coaxing anything stuck to the bottom of the pot off with a spatula. Boil for 20 minutes. Add cornstarch mixture, sage, and pepper; mix well and continue to boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add lemon juice.

CHICKEN TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Combine meat, mushrooms, onion, garlic, oil, salt, pepper and wine in a pan and sautee until meat is just about done and veggies are soft.
• While the meat+ are cooking add the remainder of the ingredients to a crock pot or regular pot.
• When meat is done, add it to the pot.
• Cook on low on the stove for 2 hours or high in the crock pot for 4 hours.
• An hour before the soup is done, cook pasta.
• When ready to eat, add pasta to soup and garnish with shredded mozz. cheese.
• ENJOY!

THAI CHICKEN BASIL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a 6-quart dutch oven until hot. Add onion and chile, and cook 10 minutes or until lightly browned and tender, stirring occasionally.
• Add ginger, garlic, red pepper flakes, and 1 tablespoons fish sauce. Cook one minute.
• Add broth, water, and half the basil; heat to boiling on high.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Uncover, increase heat to medium-high. Stir in chicken and uncooked noodles and heat to boiling. Boil 1 minute.
• Remove dutch oven from heat. Skim off fat.
• To serve, stir in lime juice, remaining fish sauce, and basil. Garnish with sprigs.

BASIL CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• In a 2 to 3 quart pan, combine butter, onion, and garlic.
• Stir occasionally over medium heat until onion is limp and slightly tinged with brown, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in flour to coat onion.
• Gradually stir in broth, and bring to a boil on high heat.
• Add potato and carrots; cover and simmer over low heat until potato is tender when pierced, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Add chicken; cover and simmer just until chicken is hot, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Stir in basil.
• Ladle into bowl and offer cheese to add to taste.