Old fashioned chicken soup

Don't we all remember those steaming bowls of comfort food we used to get when we visited mum or grandma? Soup that had spend hours on the stove but was filled with so much flavor! Now you can make that yourself at home with this recipe for old fashioned chicken soup

Course Main

Cuisine soup

Keyword chicken

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 3

Total Time 3 30

Servings people

Calories 315

Author Simone

Ingredients

1 whole chicken about 1.5 kg
3 liters water
2 leek washed, one in rough pieces and one in thin rings
2 large carrots 1 cut into pieces and 1 cut into small cubes
2 sticks celery 1 cut into pieces and 1 cut into small cubes
1 large onion coarsely chopped
3 cloves garlic roughly chopped
1 bay leaf
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp rosemary
Salt and pepper to taste
Finely chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

Start by cleaning the whole chicken. Remove any excess fat and rinse under cold water. Cut the chicken into pieces, such as drumsticks, thighs and breasts.
Bring a large saucepan with 3 litres of water to the boil. Add the chicken pieces to the boiling water and cook for about 5 minutes. This will help to remove any blood and impurities from the chicken. Pour off the water and rinse the chicken in cold water.
Fill the pan with 3 litres of water again and add the chicken pieces, the large pieces of leek, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, bay leaf, thyme and rosemary. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to a gentle simmer. Simmer for about 2.5 to 3 hours until the chicken is cooked and tender.
Remove the cooked chicken from the soup and allow to cool slightly. Remove the meat from the bones and cut into small bite size pieces.
Strain the stock (don't throw it away!!) and season with salt and pepper. Add the chopped leek, diced carrot and celery to the soup with the sliced chicken and simmer gently for a further 10-15 minutes to allow the flavors to melt.
Garnish each serving with some freshly chopped parsley.

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