How to make homemade chicken soup

How to make chicken soup.

At home we are very soups . We love it both as a starter and for dinner, as a warm snuggle on those nights of movies, sofa and blanket. Among my favorites are those that include chicken .  

Chicken soup is one of those simple and traditional recipes that comfort us. In my case, the soup brings me back to childhood. The aromas and flavors of this dish bring me back to the table as a family in the same way that we do now at home.

We are already in winter and chicken soup is one of our favorite dinners, our little one loves it, he leaves the plate clean. Perfect to take on a daily basis and I could say that a bowl of this soup helps you feel at home.

We could think that the elaboration of a simple chicken soup does not deserve a special mention. The truth is that nothing is further from reality. Preparing a chicken soup with substance, flavor and aroma has its point.

Choosing fresh and healthy vegetables and a good chicken are the few tricks to prepare this well-founded recipe. The intensity will be achieved with a good piece of chicken, the better this is the better the result will be.

Celery, carrots and leeks are perhaps the most basic vegetables for the preparation of this soup, but we can always supplement the cooking with some other that we like.

The preparation is very simple and the final result of this process, I am sure it will be perfect for everyone at home. It only remains to decide if you are one of those who prefer it with many noodles or with few, to the taste of the consumer.

Preparing the Chicken Soup Base

1. We remove the skin of the chicken and the remains of fat that it may have. We wash the vegetables and chop them roughly.
2. In a large saucepan add the chicken, celery, carrots and leek. We salt abundantly and cover with water.
3. We cook the chicken with the vegetables for 40 minutes, with the casserole covered and at medium temperature.
4. After this time, strain the resulting broth and reserve the chicken and vegetables.

Final preparation of the chicken soup. Final presentation

1. We put the clean soup on the fire and cook the noodles in it following the time indications set by the manufacturer.
2. We clean the chicken from ossicles and remains. Chop the vegetables to be used as an accompaniment to the soup or for any other preparation.
3. We serve the chicken soup with a small portion of chicken meat and vegetables.

This homemade chicken soup is perfect for your weekly menu or a special occasion. Do not miss the step by step of this chicken soup or in the next album.

Tips for a perfect chicken soup

• Within our top of soups, the picadillo soup has a special place, that rivals one of my favorite soups,  onion soup but I also recommend one of the most humble, garlic soups or Castilian soup .
• It can also be done in a fast pot or express. You just have to heat all the ingredients (except the noodles) and then cover and cook for 12 minutes. Then you just have to add the videos and list.
• When I buy a whole chicken into pieces to cook , I put some parts aside (the casing or the back), freeze the pieces and then use to make this soup.
• If you want a lighter soup you only have to remove part (you have to leave some skin so that it has substance) of the skin, so you will not have to defat the broth either.
• This is the way we prepare it at home, but there are many ways to do it, as many as cooks. My mother used to make a sofrito with lots of vegetables that later were hardly seen in the soup. I added a little parsley, even a little green vegetables (chard, turnip greens or spinach). I assure you it was also impressive.