Uncle Bills Chicken Soup Recipes

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.

UNCLE BILL'S VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large cooking pot, add water and bring to boil.
• Add quartered potatoes, crushed tomatoes including liquid, onion, carrots, beans, chicken soup base and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
• Remove potatoes into a bowl and mash.
• Add 3 tablespoons of butter and 1/4 cup of whipping cream to the mashed potatoes and mix well to blend; set aside.
• To soup pot add 2 tablespoons of butter, cubed potatoes, celery, small peas, dried dill weed, salt, pepper and simmer for 10 minutes or until potatoes are just tender.
• Add mashed potato mixture and stir well.
• Bring soup just to boil.
• Adjust seasonings to taste.
• Serve hot.

UNCLE BILL'S LIGHT VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large cooking pot, add broth, water and chicken soup base and bring to boil.
• In the meantime, in a frying pan on medium-high heat, melt butter, add onions and saute for 5 minutes or until translucent.
• Add tomatoes and cook until reduced and sauce starts to thicken, about 10 minutes; set aside.
• To the cooking pot, add carrots, potatoes, garlic, white pepper, salt, chili powder, hot red pepper flakes, dried dill weed and pasta and cook until pasta is el dente, about 10 minutes.
• Add onion/tomato sauce, celery and tiny peas and cook for another 5 minutes.
• Adjust seasonings to taste.
• Serve soup hot.
• Refrigerate any unused portions.
• You can use all water instead of chicken broth or vegetable broth. Use 1 vegetable bouillon cube or 1 teaspoon of chicken soup base for each 2 cups of water.
• You can also use a small penne pasta of your choice, or pearl barley, macaroni or basmati rice instead of small shell pasta.

UNCLE BILL'S TOMATO AND ONION SOUP

Steps:

• In a large cooking pot over medium-high heat, melt 1/2 the butter and add olive oil.
• Add onions and cook until softened and lightly golden brown, about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add carrots, celery, garlic, sugar, paprika, chili powder and pepper and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in tomatoes (including liquid), tomato paste, broth, water, chicken soup base, sweet red pepper, green pepper, basil and remaining butter; bring to boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• In a blender, puree soup in batches until smooth and return to cooking pot.
• Reheat until soup is hot.
• When serving soup, sprinkle some croutons and chopped fresh parsley.
• Refrigerate any unused portions.
• NOTE: Deleting the Chicken Soup Base will reduce the sodium content in the soup.

UNCLE BILL'S SWEET PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large 10 cup saucepan, on medium-high heat, melt butter, add olive oil and stir to blend.
• Add carrots, scallions, onions and saute' for 3 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add flour, stirring constantly until well blended, about 1 minute. DO NOT LET MIXTURE BURN.
• Add chicken broth, water, chicken soup base, potatoes and cook for about 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Add peas, celery and reduce heat to simmer and cook until carrots are tender, about 4 minutes. DO NOT OVERCOOK PEAS.
• Process the soup in a food processor or blender in batches until smooth and return to saucepan.
• Stir in whipping cream, sugar, salt, nutmeg and sherry and heat soup through.
• Adjust seasonings to taste.
• Serve with a sprinkle of minced parsley.
• This soup may be eaten HOT or COLD.

UNCLE BILL'S VICHYSSOISE SOUP

Steps:

• Use only the white part and slightly into the light green portion of the leek.
• Cut off the darker green portion and discard.
• Cut leeks in half lengthwise and then in half again lengthwise.
• Separate segments and wash thoroughly.
• Chop leaks small.
• In a large frying pan, add butter, chopped leeks, chopped onions and saute' until onions and leeks are a very light yellow, about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, (DO NOT BURN).
• In a large saucepan or cooking pot, measure 4 cups of water, add chicken soup base, potatoes, sautee'd onions and leeks and white pepper.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat and cook on medium-high heat for 15 to 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
• In a food processor or blender, process soup in batches.
• Return soup to saucepan and adjust seasonings to taste and heat to boiling.
• Add half and half cream, mix well and return just to boil.
• Remove from heat and let sit for about 10 minutes before serving.
• Garnish with chopped chives or chopped green onions when serving.
• This soup may be served hot or chilled.
• I prefer to serve this soup hot.

UNCLE BILL'S BROCCOLI SOUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan over medium-high heat, melt butter.
• Add onions, carrots, garlic and cook for 5 minutes or until softened, stirring occasionally.
• In a medium size cooking pot, add water and chicken soup base and bring to boil.
• Add precooked onion/carrot/garlic to soup.
• Add broccoli florets, reserving (6- 8 pieces) of broccoli florets to be added near the end of cooking.
• Reduce heat and simmer covered, until broccoli is tender, about 15 to 20 minutes.
• In a blender or food processor, puree' soup in batches and return to cooking pot.
• Stir in half and half cream and remaining broccoli florets.
• In a cup, mix together flour and 1/4 cup water to form a thin liquid.
• Bring soup to boil; add flour mixture to thicken soup as desired, stirring constantly.
• Add soy sauce, black pepper and stir well.
• Garnish with chopped parsley when serving.
• You can also use some carrot curls for garnish.
• Serve soup hot or cold.