Bills Creamy Shredded Chicken Soup Recipes

BILL'S CREAMY SHREDDED CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a 3- to 4-quart saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Gradually stir in flour to form a paste. Slowly add milk, mixing continually. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add shredded chicken, chicken broth, sour cream, salt-free seasoning blend, pepper, garlic powder, and celery seed; bring to a rolling boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Stir in cubed chicken and heat for 10 minutes. Add cornstarch and thicken to desired consistency. Adjust seasonings.

UNCLE BILL'S CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large heavy bottom cooking pot, heat olive oil and butter over medium-high heat.
• Add onions, leeks, carrots celery and garlic and cook, stirring for about 3 minutes or until vegetables are slightly softened but not browned.
• Add chicken broth, water, bay leaf, thyme and rosemary.
• Bring to boil.
• Cut chicken into bite size pieces and add to soup along with the diced mushrooms.
• Add noodles and bring soup to boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until noodles are tender and the chicken is cooked through.
• Remove bay leaf and discard.
• Stir in parsley, salt and pepper.
• Adjust seasonings to taste.
• Serve soup hot.
• Refrigerate any unused portions.
• NOTE: Homemade Chicken or Turkey Stock is so much better than purchased broth.

BILL'S CREAMY RED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Do not peel potatoes, cut them in 1 inch squares, set aside.
• Dice 5 carrots, no need to peel, set aside.
• dice onion and mince garlic.
• in large soup pan, sautee garlic and onion in oil or butter for aprox 5 minutes.
• pour vegetable broth into pan, add carrots and potatoes.
• wait until liquid comes to a boil, turn on medium-low and cook for 25 minutes or until both carrots and potatoes are done.
• blend half the soup mixture in blender or magic bullet, return to pan.
• Add cream or half-and-half, add basil, parsley and dill, salt and pepper. cook on low for 10-15 minutes.