Best Chicken Soup Made From Left Over Bones And Skin Recipes

HOMEMADE CHICKEN SOUP FROM THE CARCASS

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• One the greatest by-products of roasting a whole chicken (which I do as a pretty frequent Sunday meal), is the opportunity to make Homemade Chicken Soup with the leftover bones & carcass. Not sure if there is a food that feels more comforting and homey than Chicken Soup. Just about every family and every culture has a version, and it's one of those foods that just makes you feel good. This Homemade Chicken Soup Recipe is not hard to make, as I'll do with the leftover chicken(s) after the Sunday Roast (although you could start from an uncooked chicken). I'll show you how to make the broth from the carcass, and then put it together with the classic vegetables, and some pasta. Of course, it's easy to add other ingredients to make it your own. Hope you enjoy this Chicken Soup Recipe! Recipe Overview & Keys to Success To make the best Chicken Soup, just follow these few cooking techniques: Make your own chicken broth/stock with left over bones/carcass (you can even freeze them until you have enough) While it takes a bit more time, the essence of the soup is the broth, and you can make much better broth than you can buy Try to get the vegetables as uniformly cut as possible. Not only will that help ensure they cook evenly, but it makes the chicken soup easier, and more pleasant to eat. If you're using leftover chicken like me, make sure to pull the chicken meat you want in the soup, off the carcass before making the broth. While the bones simmer and make the broth, the meat is going to give up all it's flavor and get every dry - you won't want that in the soup. Instead we'll add the meat back to the soup at the last minute Note, you can freeze the leftover chicken carcasses and make the soup another day; or better yet, make the chicken broth, and freeze that. Then you can pull it out to make the chicken soup, whenever you want RECIPE FOR HOMEMADE CHICKEN SOUP Ingredients (for 5) 1 - 2 left over chicken carcasses (with some meat on the bone) 1/2 cup pieces of chicken meat 2 carrots diced into quarter inch pieces 1 large celery rib diced into quarter inch pieces 1 yellow onion diced 2 garlic cloves mined 1/3 cup orzo pasta (you can use traditional spaghetti or any pasta you'd like) 1 teaspoon thyme 1 ear of corn (optional) Homemade Chicken Soup From the Carcass Assuming you're using leftover roast chicken, remove any remaining meat from the carcass and dice it for the soup If you need more chicken meat, you can certainly cook off another breast and dice it up as well Place the chicken carcass(es) in a stock pot and cover with water by 2 - 3 inches Bring the water up to a very light simmer, and continue to simmer for 45 minutes to hour to make the chicken broth Remove the chicken bones from the broth and discard. Pour the broth into a bowl, through a strainer to collect any small bones or bits of chicken, and set the broth aside Clean the soup pot, and put it back over medium heat, coat with olive oil Add the carrots, onion, celery and garlic. Season with salt and pepper and stir to combine Continue to sweat the vegetables until the onions are just translucent Add the thyme leaves, and the chicken broth Bring everything up to a simmer again, and cook until the carrots just soften (about 10 minutes) Add the corn, chicken and orzo pasta Cook for another 5 - 8 minutes until the orzo is tender Taste and re-season the soup if needed Serve up this delicious Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup with some crusty bread and a nice salad, can you've got a perfect, warming, comforting meal. Hope you enjoy it! Wine Recommendation: Soups can make for a tough wine pairings. I don't really like reds for chicken soup, as the flavors are likely to drown (no pun intended) the lighter soup. Similarly, so would full bodied or oaky whites. I'd suggest you go with an austere white wine, like a Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley in France. The wines are generally fairly tight, minerally, and clean tasting, and should accent the sweet elements in the soup. Hope you enjoy it!

CHICKEN SOUP (MADE FROM LEFT OVER BONES AND SKIN)

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• 1. Combine chicken bones and skin with vegetables in a kettle of water, bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover the pan and simmer gently about 2 and 1/2 hours. Strain broth through several thicknesses of of damp chees cloth. Return to heat, season to taste, add rice and and simmer gently, covered till rice is tender, about 30 minutes. This will make about 1-1/2 quarts of soup.

CHICKEN SOUP FROM SCRATCH

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• Place the chicken, celery, carrots, onions, parsnip (if using), parsley, peppercorns, bay leaves and salt in a large soup pot and cover with cold water by 1 inch.
• Bring to a boil over high heat, then immediately reduce the heat to very low. Adjust the heat until the soup is "smiling": barely moving on the surface, with an occasional bubble breaking through. Cook uncovered, until the chicken is very tender and falling off the bone, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• When cool enough to handle, use tongs to transfer chicken from the pot to a container. Taste the broth and continue to simmer it until it is concentrated and tasty. Strain broth through a fine sieve (or a colander lined with cheesecloth) into a separate container. Discard all the solids from the strainer (or reserve the vegetables, chill and serve with vinaigrette, if you wish).
• Refrigerate chicken pieces and broth separately for at least 8 hours (or up to 3 days), until a thick layer of yellow fat has risen to the top of the broth.
• When ready to finish the soup, use your fingers to separate chicken breast meat from bones and skin. Discard bones and skin. Use two forks to pull the breast meat apart into soft chunks, or use a knife and cut into bite-size pieces. (Reserve dark meat for another use.)
• Skim chicken fat from top of broth and set aside. Place 3 tablespoons of the fat in a soup pot with a lid. Add leeks, stir to coat, and heat over medium heat until leeks begin to fry. Then reduce the heat to a gentle sizzle and cook, stirring often, until slightly softened, about 3 minutes.
• Add carrots, sprinkle with salt, stir, and cover the pot. Cook until vegetables are just tender, about 5 minutes more. (Keep in mind that vegetables will continue to cook in the soup.) Do not brown.
• Pour broth into pot with vegetables and heat to a simmer. Add noodles and simmer until heated through, soft and plumped with chicken broth. Add the breast meat, then taste broth and add salt and pepper to taste. For best flavor, soup should have some golden droplets of fat on top; if needed, add more chicken fat one teaspoon at a time.
• Serve immediately, in a tureen or from the pot, sprinkling each serving with herbs.

LEFTOVER ROAST CHICKEN SOUP

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• In a large stock pot place chicken frame, bones, giblets etc. Add enough water to cover chicken frame and gently simmer for 90 minutes, covered.
• Remove all bones and chicken frame, but leave any chicken pieces in the soup. Add peppercorns, bay leaves, carrots, onions, green beans and potatoes. Add enough water to ensure that all the vegetables are covered. Cover and simmer gently until the vegetables are soft.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve.

BASIC CHICKEN SOUP

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• Bring chicken, water, and 1 tablespoon salt to a boil in a large stockpot. Skim foam. Add onions, celery, and garlic. Reduce heat. Simmer, partially covered, for 30 minutes.
• Remove breast, and set aside. Add carrots. Simmer, partially covered, for 40 minutes.
• Remove remaining chicken; discard back and wings. Let cool slightly. Remove meat from bones, and cut into bite-size pieces.
• Stir in desired amount of chicken; reserve the rest for another use. Skim fat. Season with salt.