The Best Darn Chicken Soup Ever Recipes

THE BEST CHICKEN SOUP EVER

Steps:

• Place chicken in a large pot and cover with water. Place celery leaves in pot and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until chicken is cooked through, 30 to 40 minutes. Remove chicken from pot and place in a bowl until cool enough to handle.
• Meanwhile, strain the cooking liquid, discard the celery tops and place the cooking liquid in a large pot. Place celery, carrots, onion, bouillon, soup mix and chicken broth in the pot and let simmer. Season with thyme, poultry seasoning, basil, peppercorns, bay leaves and parsley.
• Bone chicken and cut up meat into bite-size pieces. Return meat to pot. Cook until vegetables are tender and flavors are well blended, up to 90 minutes.
• Stir pasta into pot and cook 10 to 15 minutes more, until noodles are al dente. Serve hot.

THE BEST DARN CHICKEN SOUP EVER

Steps:

• Puree potatoes in blender with chicken broth.
• Pour broth into large pot.
• Place all remaining ingridients in pot.
• Cook until boiling.
• Let boil for five minutes.
• Place heat on low for 1/5- 2 hours.
• Enjoy.

BEST DARN MINESTRONE SOUP AROUND

Steps:

• In a large stock pot over medium heat, stir and cook onions in butter until soft. Add broth, mixed vegetables, kidney beans, tomatoes, spinach, and tomato paste; simmer gently for 1 1/2 hours.
• Using a slotted spoon, remove about half of the vegetables to a blender or food processor, reserving liquid in stock pot. Puree the vegetables until smooth and return them to stock pot.
• Stir in garlic powder, parsley, salt, pepper, basil, macaroni, 1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese, garbanzo beans, and heavy cream; cook for 1/2 hour, stirring frequently. Pour into bowls and sprinkle with additional Parmesan cheese.

THE ULTIMATE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Pat chicken dry with paper towels; sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a 6-qt. stockpot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken in batches, skin side down; cook until dark golden brown, 3-4 minutes. Remove chicken from pan; remove and discard skin. Discard drippings, reserving 2 tablespoons., Add onion to drippings; cook and stir over medium-high heat until tender, 4-5 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add broth, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Bring to a boil. Return chicken to pan. Add celery, carrots, bay leaves and thyme. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until chicken is tender, 25-30 minutes., Transfer chicken to a plate. Remove soup from heat. Add noodles; let stand, covered, until noodles are tender, 20-22 minutes., Meanwhile, when chicken is cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones; discard bones. Shred meat into bite-sized pieces. Return meat to stockpot. Stir in parsley and lemon juice. If desired, adjust seasoning with additional salt and pepper. Discard bay leaves.

BEST CHICKEN SOUP EVER

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in large stock pot.
• Add diced chicken pieces to pot to brown chicken, and cook for 5-10 minutes.
• Add onions, celery, garlic and carrots and saute so everything begins to "sweat".
• Add all seasonings and cook for a few more minutes.
• Add chicken stock to mixture in pot and stir.
• Add spinach leaves to stock and stir.
• Bring this to a boil, uncovered.
• Reduce to simmer and cook for about 15-20 minutes, seasoning broth to taste.
• Add 1 cup of water to pot, bring to boil again.
• Add the bag of noodles directly to pot and cook for another 15 minutes.
• Once noodles are cooked, remove pot from heat.
• When cooled, you can refrigerate or freeze.