Anna Maries Chicken Soup The Hard Way Food

CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Place the chickens, onions, carrots, celery, parsnips, parsley, thyme, dill, garlic, and seasonings in a 16- to 20-quart stockpot. Add 7 quarts of water and bring to a boil. Simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour. Remove 2 of the chickens and allow to cool slightly. Remove the breast meat from both chickens and set aside. Return the remaining chicken and carcasses to the pot and continue simmering, uncovered, for 3 more hours. Strain the entire contents of the pot through a colander and chill. Remove the surface fat, then reheat the stock as follows, or pack in containers and freeze.
• To serve the soup, return the stock to the pot and reheat, adding the diced carrots, celery, dill, and parsley. Shred the reserved chicken breast meat into large pieces and add to the stock. Simmer over low heat for 5 minutes to cook the vegetables and reheat the chicken. Season, to taste, and serve as is, or ladle each serving over 2 warm Matzo Balls.
• Whisk together the egg yolks, chicken stock, chicken fat, parsley, and salt. Stir in the matzo meal. In the bowl of an electric mixer with a whisk attachment, whip the egg whites with a pinch of salt until they are stiff. Whisk them into the matzo mixture until it is smooth. Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes, or until the mixture is thick.
• Form balls the size of golf balls by shaping them with 2 spoons, rolling them with your hands, or scooping them with a small ice cream scoop. Drop them into simmering chicken stock and cook for 30 minutes, or until fully cooked and puffed, turning once. Remove and serve hot in chicken soup.

CROCK POT MARIE'S CHICKEN IN WINE

Steps:

• Cut up 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts in about 1 inch pieces.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper and lightly flour.
• Pour 1/2 cup white cooking wine into Crock Pot, add chicken.
• Add cream of mushroom soup and 1/2 cup chopped onions to Crock Pot.
• Mix.
• Do not add water as it makes its own gravy.
• Cook on low for 7-8 hours or high for 4-5 hours.
• Serve over egg noodles or anything else you want.

BASIC CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Bring chicken, water, and 1 tablespoon salt to a boil in a large stockpot. Skim foam. Add onions, celery, and garlic. Reduce heat. Simmer, partially covered, for 30 minutes.
• Remove breast, and set aside. Add carrots. Simmer, partially covered, for 40 minutes.
• Remove remaining chicken; discard back and wings. Let cool slightly. Remove meat from bones, and cut into bite-size pieces.
• Stir in desired amount of chicken; reserve the rest for another use. Skim fat. Season with salt.

ANNA MARIE'S CHICKEN SOUP (THE HARD WAY)

Steps:

• Cut up chicken. Peel and slice carrots, celery and turnip. Remove yellow skin from the onion and cut onion up (the skin "dyes" the soup more yellow). In a very large pot place everything and cover with water. Bring to a boil and turn down to simmer 3 hours.
• Remove chicken and strain broth using a cheese cloth. When cool enough squeeze cheese cloth to get vegetable juices back into broth. Refrigerate the broth and chicken. The fat from the broth will solidify and can be easily spooned off the next day.
• Pick meat off bones of chicken and chop into bite size pieces and add to broth in pot. Add chopped carrots, celery, tomatoes, squash (whatever you want). Bring back to boil. Add noodles or barley and simmer till done.