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This recipe is very similar to my family's. There is one thing we add at the beginning and take out with the chicken, clove. I throw in 3 pieces per 6 cups water. Not only does it add to the taste, but it'll make your home smell amazing. It also has alot of nutrients, antioxidant properties, and all that good health stuff we rely of chicken soup for!
*typo: ....only one thing missing from this recipe that we always add at the beginning....
Do not get rid of the chicken fat that cooks out of your chicken.
A friend in Canada who grew up on a chicken farm always said that the fat contained the most important cold fighters, so be sure to serve some on every bowl you serve.
Her mother made them have a small cup of chicken soup everyday during the winter and she said they were seldom sick!!!
Indeed. Chicken is sometimes referred to as "Jewish penicillin"; it is very healthy and was so called because chicken soup is a mainstay in Judaic cooking.
Sautee the vegetables - in olive oil - First. Then add rest of ingredients. It will taste MUCH better.
Also add 1 pkg of onion soup - once chicken has been added.
Chicken Soup packets are LOADED with MSG!
Instead of chicken soup packets, I use Simply Nature Chicken STOCK, for 1/2 or all of the water, as it is MSG-FREE!
has monosodiums in packet soup make stock from chicken carcass and clean veg peelings and throw in some bacon and herbs,also put in soupBarley lentils splt peas or other pulse
Isn't a packet of dried soup very high in sodium?
Yes it is. That kind of defeats the point of making "homemade" chicken soup, doesn't it?
I always add a tsp of poultry seasoning. Adding thyme can ease a cough, as thymol, the oil in thyme, is a powerful cough suppresant.