Recipe Category: Chicken
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Ingredients
- Serving Size : 8
- 2 boiling chickens – 4 pounds each cut in
- 10 cups cold water
- 4 medium carrots – thinly sliced
- 2 medium yellow onions – peeled and finely di
- 1 small head celery – thinly sliced
- 2 large leeks – tops and bottoms, se
- 1/2 tablespoon whole black peppercorns
- 6 bay leaves
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme – -=OR=-
- 1 1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves – -=OR=-
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
Method
- Combine chickens and water in a 5-quart stockpot.
- Cover, bring to a boil over high heat.
- Reduce heat to low and skim off the scum that accumulates on the surface.
- Remove chicken breast quarters and set aside.
- Add 2 cups carrots, 1 cup onions, 2 cups celery, green leek tops, peppercorns, bay leaves, thyme and salt.
- Cover and simmer for 45 minutes.
- Remove cover, replace the chicken breasts and continue to cook for another 25 minutes.
- Meanwhile, slice the white parts of leeks into 1/4-inch rounds and wash well to remove any sand.
- You should have about 1 cup.
- Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat and add the leeks and the remaining carrots, onions and celery.
- Cover and cook gently until vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes.
- Remove the chicken from the liquid and place on a platter.
- Strain the liquid through a fine strainer into a large plastic container and discard the herbs, spices and the cooked soup vegetables.
- Skim and discard any fat from the surface of the broth.
- Remove and discard chicken skin.
- Place bones in an airtight freezer container and save for making stock.
- Immediately prior to serving, transfer broth to a pot and heat, covered, over high heat.
- Heat chicken and vegetables, covered, in 350F oven until hot.
- Decorate each soup bowl with some heated diced vegetables and chicken.
- Pour the hot broth into a pitcher or soup tureen and pour the soup into.
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