Chicken Soup Brings Back Memories
Looking back on our childhoods many of us will remember our mothers making chicken soup for us when we were sick. Those are some great memories. Any time that we would get sick mom was off to the kitchen to start a pot of chicken soup. Memories of childhood are precious for most of us and the smell of chicken soup wafting through the house warms us to our very core. I had pneumonia recently and yearned for a bowl of mom's chicken soup, so when I recovered and my daughter got sick I was at the stove preparing a pot of chicken noodle soup. If you would like to share your fondest memory place it under the comment section and share with others.
For most of you reading this, you grew up eating chicken noodle soup and while I love chicken noodle soup I thought I would share with you my chicken and rice soup recipe and one of my chicken noodle soup recipes. Just a precursor to the recipes, you can substitute noodles for rice and vice versa. Here is a little piece of advice, when using a recipe follow the directions the first time and when you make it again, change it up, add one of your favorite spices or if it is a fish recipe with a sauce try your favorite fish the next time, don't worry if it doesn't turn out, we all have failures and successes. I play around with recipes all the time and because I know how to blend spices and flavors together I have more success.
Chicken Soup Recipes
Italian Chicken and Rice Soup
2-3 tablespoons Olive Oil
6 ounces Pancetta (or regular bacon) chopped
1 large onion (medium dice)
2-3 large carrots
2-3 stalks celery
4 cloves garlic
3 bay leaves
1/2 tsp saffron threads
2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast
16 ounces chicken stock (made from 2 tablespoons chicken base and 2 cups water) This is better than chicken stock from a can or a box.
1 cup long grain rice (I use wild rice that I have let soak overnight)
1/2 ground pepper
Directions:
Heat oil in a medium to large stock pot. Add pancetta (or bacon) and cook until lightly browned. Add onion, carrots, celery and cook until onion is translucent. Add garlic, bay leaves and saffron; cook for 45 seconds.
Add chicken and chicken broth, turn heat up to medium high, cover and cook 15 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. remove chicken and allow to cool enough that you can touch it, shred chicken. Add rice and pepper, cook for 25-30 minutes. Return chicken to pot and cook until chicken is hot.
Remove bay leaves and serve.
Chicken Noodle Soup
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion
5 stalks celery sliced
5 carrots sliced
4 garlic cloves minced
3 bay leaves
1 1/2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
1 1/2 teaspoons coriander seeds crushed
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
4 cups chicken broth (made from 8 tablespoons chicken base and 4 cups water)
1 1/2 pounds chicken breast
1 package reames noodles or 1 package egg noodles
Directions:
Heat oil in a large stock pot. Add onions and garlic cook until onion is translucent. Add carrots and celery cook 8 minutes. Add all seasonings cook 30 seconds. Add chicken and broth increase heat to medium high. Bring almost to a boil, partially cover and cook for 15 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. Remove chicken and allow to cool. Shred chicken and return to pot. Add noodles cook for 8-10 minutes. Remove and discard the bay leaves.
Ready to serve.
When you are sick and feeling miserable you want comfort food and chicken soup always brings comfort. I hope that you try these chicken soup recipes and they bring you comfort on a cold dreary day or a day when nothing will make you feel better until you have some of mom's homemade chicken soup.
Looking back on our childhoods many of us will remember our mothers making chicken soup for us when we were sick. Those are some great memories. Any time that we would get sick mom was off to the kitchen to start a pot of chicken soup. Memories of childhood are precious for most of us and the smell of chicken soup wafting through the house warms us to our very core. I had pneumonia recently and yearned for a bowl of mom's chicken soup, so when I recovered and my daughter got sick I was at the stove preparing a pot of chicken noodle soup. If you would like to share your fondest memory place it under the comment section and share with others.
For most of you reading this, you grew up eating chicken noodle soup and while I love chicken noodle soup I thought I would share with you my chicken and rice soup recipe and one of my chicken noodle soup recipes. Just a precursor to the recipes, you can substitute noodles for rice and vice versa. Here is a little piece of advice, when using a recipe follow the directions the first time and when you make it again, change it up, add one of your favorite spices or if it is a fish recipe with a sauce try your favorite fish the next time, don't worry if it doesn't turn out, we all have failures and successes. I play around with recipes all the time and because I know how to blend spices and flavors together I have more success.
Chicken Soup Recipes
Italian Chicken and Rice Soup
2-3 tablespoons Olive Oil
6 ounces Pancetta (or regular bacon) chopped
1 large onion (medium dice)
2-3 large carrots
2-3 stalks celery
4 cloves garlic
3 bay leaves
1/2 tsp saffron threads
2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast
16 ounces chicken stock (made from 2 tablespoons chicken base and 2 cups water) This is better than chicken stock from a can or a box.
1 cup long grain rice (I use wild rice that I have let soak overnight)
1/2 ground pepper
Directions:
Heat oil in a medium to large stock pot. Add pancetta (or bacon) and cook until lightly browned. Add onion, carrots, celery and cook until onion is translucent. Add garlic, bay leaves and saffron; cook for 45 seconds.
Add chicken and chicken broth, turn heat up to medium high, cover and cook 15 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. remove chicken and allow to cool enough that you can touch it, shred chicken. Add rice and pepper, cook for 25-30 minutes. Return chicken to pot and cook until chicken is hot.
Remove bay leaves and serve.
Chicken Noodle Soup
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion
5 stalks celery sliced
5 carrots sliced
4 garlic cloves minced
3 bay leaves
1 1/2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
1 1/2 teaspoons coriander seeds crushed
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
4 cups chicken broth (made from 8 tablespoons chicken base and 4 cups water)
1 1/2 pounds chicken breast
1 package reames noodles or 1 package egg noodles
Directions:
Heat oil in a large stock pot. Add onions and garlic cook until onion is translucent. Add carrots and celery cook 8 minutes. Add all seasonings cook 30 seconds. Add chicken and broth increase heat to medium high. Bring almost to a boil, partially cover and cook for 15 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. Remove chicken and allow to cool. Shred chicken and return to pot. Add noodles cook for 8-10 minutes. Remove and discard the bay leaves.
Ready to serve.
When you are sick and feeling miserable you want comfort food and chicken soup always brings comfort. I hope that you try these chicken soup recipes and they bring you comfort on a cold dreary day or a day when nothing will make you feel better until you have some of mom's homemade chicken soup.
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