Homemade Chicken Soup
Ingredients:
2 split chicken breasts
2 tbsp olive oil
salt & pepper, seasoning salt
1 tbsp olive oil
1 sweet or Spanish onion, diced
4-5 carrots, peeled and cut into small rounds
3-4 stalks celery, cut into small slices
2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
1 bay leaf
pinch of dried oregano
pinch of dried parsley
salt & pepper
2 cartons chicken broth (32 oz each)
1/2 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes
rind of Parmesan or Romano cheese
1/4 cup orzo pasta
Directions:
Roasted chicken will give you wonderfully flavored soup. You can use leftover chicken from dinner the night before, or even shredded chicken from a rotisserie chicken for your chicken soup. I prefer white chicken in my soup, so I roasted two split chicken breasts just for the soup.
Drizzle a tablespoon of olive oil over each chicken breast and season generously with salt, pepper and seasoning salt. Cook at 375 degrees for about 45 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees.
Heat a large soup pan over medium heat with a couple swirls of olive oil (about 1 tablespoon).
Cook the soup (it will be lightly boiling) for about 20 minutes, or simmer on low for up to an hour.
Add your pasta about 10-15 minutes before serving. I like to use a small pasta so it doesn't "overtake" your soup. The starchiness of the pasta will thicken your soup and add heartiness. I refer orzo pasta, which is a small rice shaped pasta. This is a pretty decent sized pot of soup and I only use 1/4 cup of uncooked pasta which really fills it up plenty. Cook for about 10-15 minutes or until soup is slightly thickened and pasta is cooked.
Remove the bay leaf and rind of cheese before serving. Serve with Italian or French bread and freshly grated Parmesan or Romano cheese.
My soup got incredibly thick after I shut the heat off and let it cool. I added two cups of water to the pan and poured the leftover soup in a mason jar and gave to a good friend. I actually had enough soup leftover from our meal to fill two mason jars, so we had lunch the next day too!
This makes a lot of soup, enough for two meals. You can cut the recipe in half if you don't want to make that much.
Enjoy!
Yum!!
ReplyDeleteAndrea this cracked me up! I had chicken soup recipe too I did last week and was going to post it. I took it too a friend who threw her back out while on a church ladies retreat! I think we have a lot in common ;)
ReplyDeleteOh, how I wish we had chicken soup at our house right now! My son is sick, and I think I'm getting sick too.
ReplyDeleteI still don't have a "go-to" chicken soup recipe, but yours looks amazing! I love that you use orzo in it. Bookmarking this one to make soon!