Kittencals Hearty Chicken Soup Recipes

KITTENCAL'S PEA SOUP WITH HAM BONE (CROCK POT OR STOVE TOP)

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven or saucepan saute the onion and garlic in oil until soft (about 5-6 minutes).
• Add in broth, dried split peas, water, ham bone and bay leaf; bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for about 2 hours, or until the soup thickens (add in the diced carrots the last hour of cooking).
• Add in pepper to taste.
• Remove the ham bone and bay leaf.
• At this point the soup can be pureed if desired.
• When the ham is cool, pull the meat from the bone and shred it into bite-size pieces, then return to the saucepan, or serve on the side.
• Add in rice and stir until heated through.
• Ladle into serving bowls, and drizzle with whipped cream if desired.

CHICKEN SOUP FOR CATS

Steps:

• Boil chicken until tender and cooked through.
• Steam green beans.
• Place green beans & chicken in food processor or blender. Blend to a consistency you're comfortable with (my cat refused to eat anything that wasn't cut up for him, so I always went with pureed).
• Add enough chicken broth to make a soup.
• Serve.
• Note: Can be stored in airtight container in refrigerator up to a week. May need to be warmed in microwave before serving leftovers.

BEST-EVER HEARTY CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Place all ingredients into a very large soup pot.
• Fill pot with water, almost to the top and bring to a boil.
• Skim off any scum once the soup boils.(Optional).
• Allow to boil for 1 hour, before tasting and adjusting seasoning, if necessary.
• Boil for an additional 30-45 minutes, before removing bones and setting them aside. You can strip the bones of the chicken at this time, or wait until later.
• Continue boiling the soup on a low simmer for anywhere between 45 minute- 3hours. A longer, slower boil will yield a very nice, rich flavor.
• Once the bones have cooled off, peel and pick all the chicken pieces off the bones and put the chicken into the pot of soup. Discard the bones.
• I sometimes make this soup and then transfer it into the crockpot to simmer on 'low' for up to 24 hours (we observe the Sabbath, so this ensures we get a hot soup for lunch). The slowly simmered broth is so rich and delicious.