Nov 132013
 

Homemade Chicken Soup - Good For Your Body and Soul

I felt a cold coming on, and I had a craving for some homemade chicken soup. I browsed the Internet for recipes and ended up with my own variation. I picked up a whole chicken, some vegetables, and a couple of cans of chicken broth for a little added flavor.

The following recipe is for the chicken stock, and then the soup. I discarded the vegetables after making the stock, and then used fresh vegetables for the soup. You don’t have to do that if you don’t want to, but I think the flavor cooks out of the vegetables into the stock, so you get a nice full flavor of fresh vegetables in the soup. Thus, the reason for the large chunks of vegetables. This makes it easier since you will strain the vegetables and discard them.

If you want to cut corners, instead of making your own stock you can use 2 quarts of chicken broth or chicken bouillon. If you don’t want to make your own stock, skip the first part and go on to the chicken soup recipe. I was in the mood to make my own stock, and this is the recipe that I came up with: