Pa Dutch Chicken Corn Soup Food

BEST PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH CHICKEN CORN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, combine chicken, water, onions, celery, salt, nutmeg and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 2 hours, adding water as needed, until chicken is very tender. Remove the chicken from the soup. Refrigerate chicken and soup.
• When fat solidifies on surface of soup, remove from refrigerator and remove fat. Remaining soup should equal about 2 1/2 quarts.
• Remove corn from cobs by splitting kernels lengthwise with a sharp knife and scraping corn from cob. Combine soup and corn in a large pot over medium heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until corn is tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place two of the eggs in a small saucepan and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil and immediately remove from heat. Cover and let eggs stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel and chop. Set aside.
• Chop cooled chicken meat and add to soup.
• In a medium bowl, beat remaining egg until light in color. Beat in flour and milk until smooth. Drop batter by partial spoonfuls into hot broth to make small (1/4 -1/2 inch round) dumplings. Cook, stirring constantly, for 2 to 5 minutes, until dumplings hold their shape and float to the surface. Stir in reserved cooked egg.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH CHICKEN CORN SOUP

Steps:

• In a big soup pot, melt butter over med-high heat; add in onion and celery; saute 3 minutes.
• Add in corn; continue to cook, stirring, 5 minutes.
• Add in broth; decrease heat to medium and simmer 30 minutes; stir chicken pieces into broth.
• Bring soup to a boil over high heat.
• Pour flour into a bowl.
• Beat egg and water together; add to flour, stirring into a thin paste.
• With a fork or medium-gauge sieve, drizzle flour mixture into boiling soup.
• Decrease heat to medium; stir gently; cook 10 minutes longer.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH CHICKEN CORN SOUP WITH RIVELS

Steps:

• Boil chicken with onion, salt and pepper in 3 quarts of water until tender.
• While chicken is boiling, chop eggs so they are ready.
• (I boil my eggs the night before).
• Remove chicken from bones, shred or cut into pieces.
• Add corn to broth and cook to doneness.
• Meanwhile make the rivels: Mix one raw egg and 1 cup of flour with fork and use your fingers to make crumbs.
• Add this slowly to boiling corn and broth and boil for 15 minutes more.
• Add chicken and parsley.
• The hard cooked eggs are added now, if desired.
• ***Ifyou are going to freeze any of the soup, do not add the hard cooked eggs to that portion.
• They do not freeze well at all and will ruin the soup.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH CHICKEN CORN SOUP

Steps:

• Bring to a boil in a soup pot: first 6 ingredients.
• Skim the impurities from the surface.
• Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until the chicken is well cooked, about 1 hour (I used frozen breast that cooked in about 30 minutes).
• Remove the chicken, shred the meat, and set aside.
• (At this point you can remove the surface fat with a small ladle.) Bring the stock to a boil.
• Stir in: Noodles and Corn.
• Cook, stirring occasionally, until the noodles are tender but firm.
• Stir in the shredded chicken along with: Eggs and parsley.
• Ladle into warm bowls and serve with dinner rolls.

PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH CHICKEN CORN NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Rinse chicken and place in large pot and cover with water.
• Add salt.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 1 1/2 hours.
• Slice celery and carrots and chop the onions and parsley.
• Remove chicken and set aside to cool.
• Add celery, carrots, corn and onion.
• Remove chicken meat from bone. Discard bones and skin and add meat to the pot.
• Bring back to boil and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add egg noodles and chopped parsley.
• Bring back to boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Turn off heat and allow to sit for 15 minutes.
• Add addional water if needed to desired consitency.
• Add additional salt to taste if needed.
• Enjoy.