Chicken Soup for the Tummy

In the 1990's Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen made a name for themselves with their ubiquitous Chicken Soup for the Soul books.  When it's cold outdoors or your nose is running like a leaky bathroom faucet, what you really need is some Chicken Soup for the Tummy.  I try to keep a container of chicken soup in my freezer at all times.  You never know when you or a friend will need some Jewish Penicillin.

Homemade Chicken Soup

This recipe nearly fills my 7.25 quart Dutch oven. Add some egg noodles or a handful of rice towards the end of cooking, if that floats your boat.

º One whole chicken or One Family-Size Package of Boneless-Skinless Chicken Breasts

º One-half pound chopped carrots – or thereabouts

º One-half bunch chopped celery – or thereabouts
 

º 1 T salt

º 1 t sugar

º ¼ t ground white pepper

º 2 quarts healthy chicken broth like Kroger Simple Truth Organic or Pacific Free Range Organic Chicken Broth.

Cook chicken in water in a large pot.  If I cook a whole chicken for soup, I generally prepare the chicken the night before.  It's much easier to skim the fat from the chicken broth after it has been refrigerated overnight

Cut chicken into bite-size pieces.

Saute carrots and celery in a small amount of canola oil in your soup pot.

Next, add the water in which you cooked the chicken to the veggies.

Then, add salt, sugar, and white pepper.  Add the chicken that has been cut into bite-size pieces.

Finally, add enough chicken broth to fill the pot. Simmer till done - which basically is when the aroma coming from the kitchen distracts you.

I like Homemade Chicken Soup

almost as much as I like clean sheets.