Ardolino Style Chicken Soup Food

CHICKEN TETRAZZINI

Steps:

• Melt butter in saucepan; blend in flour, salt and pepper.
• Cook until smooth and bubbly.
• Stir in broth and cream, bring to a boil and let boil for one minute, stirring constantly.
• Stir in sherry, chicken, mushrooms and spaghetti.
• Pour into casserole dish and sprinkle cheese evenly over the top.
• Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 30 minutes, then turn on broiler and brown for 3-5 minutes--watch carefully.

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.

CHICKEN SOUP FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Place the chicken, celery, carrots, onions, parsnip (if using), parsley, peppercorns, bay leaves and salt in a large soup pot and cover with cold water by 1 inch.
• Bring to a boil over high heat, then immediately reduce the heat to very low. Adjust the heat until the soup is "smiling": barely moving on the surface, with an occasional bubble breaking through. Cook uncovered, until the chicken is very tender and falling off the bone, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• When cool enough to handle, use tongs to transfer chicken from the pot to a container. Taste the broth and continue to simmer it until it is concentrated and tasty. Strain broth through a fine sieve (or a colander lined with cheesecloth) into a separate container. Discard all the solids from the strainer (or reserve the vegetables, chill and serve with vinaigrette, if you wish).
• Refrigerate chicken pieces and broth separately for at least 8 hours (or up to 3 days), until a thick layer of yellow fat has risen to the top of the broth.
• When ready to finish the soup, use your fingers to separate chicken breast meat from bones and skin. Discard bones and skin. Use two forks to pull the breast meat apart into soft chunks, or use a knife and cut into bite-size pieces. (Reserve dark meat for another use.)
• Skim chicken fat from top of broth and set aside. Place 3 tablespoons of the fat in a soup pot with a lid. Add leeks, stir to coat, and heat over medium heat until leeks begin to fry. Then reduce the heat to a gentle sizzle and cook, stirring often, until slightly softened, about 3 minutes.
• Add carrots, sprinkle with salt, stir, and cover the pot. Cook until vegetables are just tender, about 5 minutes more. (Keep in mind that vegetables will continue to cook in the soup.) Do not brown.
• Pour broth into pot with vegetables and heat to a simmer. Add noodles and simmer until heated through, soft and plumped with chicken broth. Add the breast meat, then taste broth and add salt and pepper to taste. For best flavor, soup should have some golden droplets of fat on top; if needed, add more chicken fat one teaspoon at a time.
• Serve immediately, in a tureen or from the pot, sprinkling each serving with herbs.

OLD FASHIONED CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in large heavy pot. Cook onion and celery until translucent. Season chicken pieces liberally with salt and pepper. Place chicken skin side down in pot and brown, about 5 minutes. Add carrots and cover with water. Bring to a simmer and cook for 1 hour. Remove chicken from soup and let cool. Remove meat from bones and shred, discard skin. Return meat to pot and stir in parsley and noodles. Cook for another 20 minutes.

CREMA DI POLLO AL PESTO

Steps:

• Using the back of a spoon, "paint" entire surface area of each chicken breast with pesto sauce.
• Melt butter in large pot over Medium heat.
• Carefully place chicken in melted butter, making sure to guard for spatter.
• After brown on both sides, add cream soups, tomatoes, and pasta.
• Stir and allow to sit for 5 minutes.
• Add water and stir well.
• Cover & simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Remove chicken from pot and cut into bite-size pieces. (Stir mixture still in pot frequently until you've returned chicken.).
• Return chicken to pot. Stir, cover & simmer until pasta is tender.
• ENJOY!

BEEF, POTATO & BASIL PESTO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a small saucepan over medium heat.
• Spray with oil.
• Add leek and potato and cook, stirring for 2 minutes.
• Add the stock and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes
• Add the zucchini and beans and simmer for a further 3 minutes or until tender.
• Taste and season with salt if needed.
• Add the beef.
• Remove from heat.
• Set aside for 1-2 minutes.
• Ladle the soup into a serving bowl.
• Add the pesto.
• Serve.

ARDOLINO-STYLE CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Place the chicken thighs on the bottom of a large stock pot, then add all other ingredients.
• Add enough of cold water to cover chicken and all ingredients (about 3-4 quarts). The amount of water will vary depending on the number of pounds of chicken thighs used.
• Bring to a boil over HIGH heat.
• Once it begins to boil, reduce the heat to maintain a gentle simmer until the chicken is tender and thoroughly cooked, about 30-40 minutes.
• Drain the broth through a colander into a large bowl. Pull out the celery and the carrots and add to the broth, if desired.
• Let the broth cool, then skim the excess fat off of the top.
• Remove the skin from the chicken and discard. Cut the chicken into bit-size pieces and add to the broth, if desired. (Save whatever chicken you do not add to the broth - it makes great chicken salad!).
• Reheat the broth. Add your cooked pasta or noodle of choice just before serving.