Monday, January 11, 2010

Home Made Chicken Broth - for the Soul

Soups are great especially in this cold January that were having with the temp. at -10 degrees Celsius and for anyone south of Ontario Canada that's real cold! A soup is great because what ever you have in the fridge can go in. The main ingredients for a good soup is a celery stalk and onion and a carrot and a piece of fresh chicken.

-large stock pot
-3 Tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
-1 largely chopped medium onion
-2 celery sticks cut in 2-3 pcs.
-1 large carrot cut in half
-one whole tomato
-1 to 2 pcs of chicken thighs and legs with skin
-salt and pepper to taste
-2 chicken bullion (optional)

Saute the veggies 2-3 minutes add water to the stock pot to 3/4 full add your chicken pcs. & tomato. You can add your salt and pepper and or bullion
Let boil for 2 hours until the chicken meat is so tender that it coming off the bone easily.
Use a slotted spoon to remove the cooked veggies, and the chicken and set aside.
Strain the broth with a fine strainer and let cool.
Take the skin and bones of the chicken off and put the chicken pieces aside. At this point your broth is made and you can add your favorite cooked rice, noodles, tortellini
You can put the excess broth in the freezer so that you can use it at a later date.

1 comment:

  1. This is really the best thing to freeze in the winter. You can't go wrong, because ultimately, if it's the only thing you have for dinner you're pretty well covered.

    I like it with Tortellini best.

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