Chicken Soup

Chicken Soup is a dish many think of when one’s sick or looking for something to warm up both body and soul. A satisfyingly good soup made of chicken breasts seared then simmered in chicken broth and aromatics like onions, garlic, bay leaves, thyme, parsley, with colorful vegetables such as celery, carrots, seasoning with salt and pepper, lastly egg noodles to finish it off. One of the easiest chicken noodle soups from scratch you can find. Try out this recipe now !

Chicken Soup Recipe :

Ingredients

• 3 pieces chicken breasts
• 1 large onion ( chopped )
• 1 clove garlic ( minced )
• 4 ribs celery ( chopped )
• 1 carrot ( chopped )
• 2 pieces bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 2 cups egg noodles
• Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley
• 1 – 2 tablespoons oil

Steps:

1. In a pan, add enough oil, cook the chicken till both sides have seared. Set aside.
2. With the remaining oil, cook onions till translucent, garlic until aromatic, then add celery, carrots, bay leaves, thyme, broth, and the seared chicken. Cover and cook for 25 – 30 minutes.
3. Take out the chicken and shred into small pieces, discard the bones. Place back the chicken meat into the pot with some dry egg noodles, salt, pepper, and parsley. Mix well.
4. Cover and cook till the noodles are tender. Turn off the heat and transfer this into a bowl. Serve hot and enjoy !

How to make this easy Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe ?

Easy, warm, and filling not only seen as a chicken soup recipe for flu, it’s also been associated with many other things from the Chicken Soup Novel or during times when you need a comforting dish for the soul. Some might even say eating this dish feel like a comforting hug. A dish that will surely be add this into your rotation of rainy weather months ( July to September ) especially on days you want something quick and easy, using just one pot to make to avoid any more cleanup.

One of the best homemade chicken noodle soup you’ll find that you only need a few minutes and steps to make from searing the choice of chicken cut till nicely browned, then with the remaining oil, cooking the aromatics-garlic and onions till aromatics and slightly soft, adding in a good amount of celery and carrots not just for a pop of color but these adds a nice sweetness and texture, making the dish more complex and interesting. After adding in the seasonings, namely-bay leaves, thyme, and broth to help dilute everything and make all the flavors mesh together. Place the seared chicken back to cook and simmer for a few minutes. Take the chicken out to shred, throw out the skin and bones and place back the meat not with some salt and pepper, giving it a taste before adding in the dry egg noodles or your choice of uncooked pasta. Stir till till the noodles feel al dente . add in parsley, give it a quick stir before transferring into a bowl to serve. You can personalize this soup to what you find in the fridge from changing to an available broth you have on hand, to vegetables that need to be cooked, or herbs / seasonings you prefer. This soup is a great way to warm you up on colder days or during the rainy weather, as well as a sneaky way to feed kids vegetables. Healthy, cozy, and absolutely flavorful.

Questions :

• What exactly is a Traditional Chicken Soup

The traditional soup is made with a minimal amount of ingredients; whole chicken, carrots, celery, onions, chicken broth, salt, and pepper. These are usually all just boiled together, removing any scum that comes up. Boil the chicken for almost an hour or more. Cut and shred the chicken. Discarding the skin and bones, then skimming the fats that have risen from the soup until slightly reduced. Then add back the shredded chicken and set aside, or add in some pasta, give it a good mix and serve.

• Additional Chicken Soup Ingredients
  • Add in or change up your chicken soup spices. From adding dill, parley, thyme, rosemary, some cumin, paprika, or any seasonings that you’d like.
  • For those who want an instant already precooked and spiced chicken, try using store bought chicken. Making chicken soup from an already cooked rotisserie chicken lessens the cooking time and adds more flavor into the dish.
  • Add in more fillers from carrots, potatoes, some also add their chicken soup with parsnips and turnips, or leafy vegetables for more fiber.
  • Some also make creamy tuscan chicken soup with white beans by adding dairy or nondairy milk, if you want it thicker add cooking cream or mash the cooked white beans (if canned give this a good rinse) before adding it into the soup. Creating a nice homemade creamy chicken soup just with 1 extra ingredient. 

• Homemade Chicken Soup Crockpot

If you are using a crockpot; in the slow cooker, add in the chicken, vegetables, and seasonings in with the broth. Cook on high for 3 to 4 hours or at low for 6 to 8 hours. Take the chicken out then shred this, discard the skin, bones, and bay leaves. Add the meat back after and place in the egg noodles, cooking this at low for 3 to 5 minutes or till al dente.

• What to do with leftover Chicken Soup ?

To keep this, place the soup in an airtight container once it’s cooled down to room temperature. This keeps in the fridge for around a week and in the freezer for 2 to 3 weeks. To reheat; thaw out if frozen. Heat in the microwave for 2 – 3 minutes or until hot. You can also place this back into a  pot giving it a stir occasionally till hot and steaming.

Other Yummy Soup Recipes!

• Siomai Soup ( a hearty wonton soup )
• Egg Drop Soup
• Misua Soup with meatballs ( meatball soup with wheat vermicelli noodles )
• Creamy kalabasa Soup ( Squash Soup )
• Beefy Tomato Soup
• Cabbage and Pork Soup
• Pork Tinola

Chicken Soup Resipi: (Tagalog version)

Mga Sangkap :

• 3 piraso dibdib ng manok
• 1 malaking sibuyas ( tinadtad )
• 1 butil ng bawang ( tinadtad )
• 4 ribs ng kintsay ( tinadtad )
• 1 karot ( tinadtad )
• 2 piraso dahon ng laurel
• 1 kutsaritang sariwang thyme
• 6 tasa chicken broth
• 2 tasa egg noodles
• Asin panlasa
• Paminta panlasa
• 1 kutsarang sariwang perehil
• 1 – 2 kutsarang mantika

Paano Lutuin :

1. Sa kawali, lagyan ng konting mantika at lutuin ang mga manok hanggang mag kayumanggi ang magkabilaan. Itabi.
2. Gamit ang natirang mantika, lutuin ang mga sibuyas hanggang lumambit, bawang hanggang bumango, ihalo ang kintsay, karot, dahon ng laurel, thyme, broth, at na lutong manok. Takpan at pakuluin ng 25 – 30 minuto.
3. Tanggalin ang mga manok at ihimay ng maliliit na piraso, tapunin ang mga buto. Ibalik ang mga manok kasama ng tuyong egg noodles, asin, paminta, at perehil. Haluin ng mabuti.
4. Takpan at lutuin hanggang lumambot ang mga noodles. Tanggalin sa init at ilipat ang sabaw sa mangkok. Ihanda habang mainit at ienjoy!