Best Lancaster County Chicken Noodle Soup Recipes

LANCASTER CHICKEN CORN SOUP

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Place chicken in a soup pot with enough water to cover.
• Bring to a boil , reduce heat, and skim foam as it rises to the surface.
• When the foam has subsided, add the onion, peppercorns , salt, and saffron.
• Simmer gently but steadily, partly covered, for about 1 1/2 hours, or until tender.
• Remove the chicken and trim and discard bones, skin, and onion.
• Let the soup cool, then skim the fat from the surface.
• Tear the meat into spoonable pieces and return them to the soup.
• Cut kernels from 4 ears of corn, then grate kernels from the remaining 6 ears, catching all milk and pulp on foil or waxed paper. If you're using frozen kernels, puree half in a food processor or blender, adding a little soup if the liquid is needed.
• Add whole kernels and grated or pureed corn to the soup, along with celery and noodles, egg barley , or rivels.
• Simmer gently until corn and noodles or rivels are cooked. Add salt and white pepper to taste.
• Stir in parsley and serve, garnishing each portion with chopped hard-cooked eggs.
• Stir salt and pepper into the beaten egg , add 2/3 cup flour and beat.
• Keep adding and beating in flour until the mixture is crumbly but a bit sticky.
• Rub the mixture between your hands or pinch off pea-sized pieces and drop them into simmering soup.
• Cover loosely and let cook for about 15 minutes, or until rivels solidify.
• To make the rivels ahead of time, cook them in lightly salted boiling water or some extra soup stock and then drain and reserve them; reheat in the soup just before it is served.
• Enjoy.

AMISH CHICKEN CORN NOODLE SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• If you don't have any cooked chicken on hand, you will need to cook some chicken.
• In a large pot, melt the butter. Add the garlic, onion, celery, and carrots. Saute for a few minutes over medium heat.
• Add the chicken broth, water, and seasonings. Bring to a boil.
• Add the noodles and stir. Let it cook, uncovered, at a low boil for about 15 minutes. (This time can vary depending on the type of noodles you use. Check your noodle package for cooking time.)
• Add the corn and cooked chicken and bring back to a boil. Serve.

AMISH CHICKEN CORN SOUP

Steps:

• Place first 8 ingredients in a Dutch oven; bring slowly to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until chicken is no longer pink and vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. , Stir in noodles, corn and butter. Cook, uncovered, until noodles are tender, about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

BEST PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH CHICKEN CORN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, combine chicken, water, onions, celery, salt, nutmeg and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 2 hours, adding water as needed, until chicken is very tender. Remove the chicken from the soup. Refrigerate chicken and soup.
• When fat solidifies on surface of soup, remove from refrigerator and remove fat. Remaining soup should equal about 2 1/2 quarts.
• Remove corn from cobs by splitting kernels lengthwise with a sharp knife and scraping corn from cob. Combine soup and corn in a large pot over medium heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until corn is tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place two of the eggs in a small saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel and chop. Set aside.
• Chop cooled chicken meat and add to soup.
• In a medium bowl, beat remaining egg until light in color. Beat in flour and milk until smooth. Drop batter by partial spoonfuls into hot broth to make small (1/4 -1/2 inch round) dumplings. Cook, stirring constantly, for 2 to 5 minutes, until dumplings hold their shape and float to the surface. Stir in reserved cooked egg.

LANCASTER CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken in soup pot with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and when it subsides, add onion through saffron. Simmer gently, partly covered, for 1-1/2 hours.
• Remove chicken and let soup cool, then skim any fat that appears from the surface. Meanwhile, tear the chicken into bite-size pieces.
• Puree 2 cups of the corn with 1/4 cup of the soup in a food processor or blender; add to the soup along with the chicken, 2 cups whole corn kernels and noodles. (If freezing, do so at this point but without the noodles. When ready to complete, thaw the soup, add the noodles and continue on from here).
• Simmer gently until noodles are cooked; season with white pepper to taste and stir in the parsley. Ladle into bowls, sprinkle chopped eggs over top and serve.