Get Well Soon Soup
photo by BLUE ROSE
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 28
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
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STOCK
- 1 chicken (whole or cut into pieces)
- 3 gallons water
- 4 white onions, unpeeled, quartered
- 1 bunch celery, ends trimmed, halved
- 1 lb carrot, ends trimmed, unpeeled, halved
- 2 whole heads of garlic, unpeeled, halved horizontally
- 1 cup fresh herb (your choice, dill, parlsey, sage, rosemary, thyme...)
- 2 tablespoons whole black peppercorns
- 2 tablespoons salt
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MEATBALLS
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 onion, minced
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup quick oatmeal
- 1⁄2 cup minced parsley
- 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
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SOUP
- 8 cups stock
- 2 carrots, thinly sliced
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 1⁄2 cups corn
- 1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoes
- meatballs
- 1⁄4 cup parsley, chopped
- salt & pepper
- 1⁄2 - 1 cup parmesan cheese (to taste)
directions
- Combine all stock ingredients in a very large stockpot.
- Bring to a boil & simmer 1 1/2 hours.
- Remove chicken to a strainer set over a large bowl. When cooled, pick meat off bones & reserve for another use.
- Let vegetables simmer another hour then strain. The liquid should be significantly reduced.
- While stock is blissfully simmering away, make meatballs.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Combine all meatball ingredients well with your hands.
- Shape into 1" balls. You should get about 2 dozen.
- Place on a baking sheet & bake 15 minutes. Roll around on baking tray & bake another 15 minutes.
- When stock is done & strained, put 8c into a large soup pot. Reserve the rest for a myriad of other dishes. It also freezes very well.
- Add all the vegetables to the stock.
- Bring to a boil & simmer until veggies are tender - about 15 minutes - breaking up the tomatoes a bit as it simmers.
- Add meatballs & heat through another 10 minutes.
- Taste for seasoning; add salt & pepper as necessary. Add parsley & serve.
- We enjoyed this garnished with freshly grated parmesan cheese.
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Reviews
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This soup is delicious. I liked the fact that I had precooked chicken for the next day's meal and some good homemade stock left over for the freezer. The directions were easy to follow. The leftover soup reheated nicely and I did add some cooked ditalini to the leftovers, which gave it a little more substance. I will make this again, it is a keeper.
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reviewed for RSC 9 This is a very tasty soup. I loved that it had meatballs in it instead of the chicken pieces. I liked that the meatballs had oatmeal in them as they are healthier and more filling than the usual bread crumbs. I will try these meatballs in my sauce in the future. The meatballs made it taste different and allowed for another entry into my soup collection. I did have to add more veggies to it as it seemed to need more substance. Will make this in my soup rotation. Thank you for a tasty submission.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Elmotoo
Geneva, New York