Chicken & Rice (Or Noodle) Soup
photo by Impera_Magna
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 2 stalks celery, cut in large pieces
- 1 large carrot, cut in large pieces
- 1 large leek, cut in large pieces
- 6 sprigs parsley
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 whole cloves
- 1 large onion, peeled
- 9 cups water
- 1 (5 -6 lb) baking hens
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 8 peppercorns
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For soup
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup chopped carrot
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1⁄4 cup long grain rice
- 10 ounces frozen peas
- salt and pepper
directions
- Wash chicken and remove giblets.
- Place chicken in large soup kettle.
- Add water, celery, carrot, leek, parsley, bay leaf, the clove-stuck onion, salt, and peppercorns.
- Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover, and simmer 2 to 2.5 hours, or until chicken is tender.
- Remove chicken from the kettle.
- Strain broth, removing other ingredients, and return broth to kettle.
- Skin chicken, remove bones, and cut up chicken.
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To make soup:
- Add diced carrots, chopped celery, chopped onions, and rice to broth in kettle; simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add chicken, peas, salt & pepper to taste; simmer for 10 minutes or until rice is tender.
- NOTE: When using noodles, I add them to the broth however many minutes it takes to cook them before serving.
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Reviews
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This soup was wonderful! I didn't have leeks and I had to save my two carrots for the soup (see what happens when you don't plan ahead??) but the broth still turned out very flavorful. I let the soup veggies simmer while I cut up the chicken, then tossed in a handful of egg noodles when the chicken went back in. This isn't a quick recipe, but it's very easy and well worth the effort. Thanks for posting!
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