Pastina Soup Simple Italian Chicken Soup Food

PASTINA SOUP (SIMPLE ITALIAN CHICKEN SOUP)

Steps:

• Put the water, oil, bouillon (if using), celery, carrots, shallots or onion and salt into a pot and bring to a boil. If you have celery leaves, you can add those, too.
• Lower the heat so that the soup simmers for about 15 to 20 minutes, then add the pastina. Cook until the pastina is ready then remove any of the ingredients you don't want to serve, for example, stalks of celery and/or celery leaves.
• Break an egg into the pot and swirl with a fork until cooked. Taste for salt and add if needed. Serve immediately.

CHIARELLO'S CHICKEN AND PASTINA SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken in 12-inch skillet. Add 1 carton of the broth. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 20 minutes or until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170 degrees F).
• Meanwhile, in 5-quart stockpot, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, carrot and celery; cook 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender.
• Drain chicken, reserving broth; set chicken aside. Strain broth; add to vegetables. Stir remaining carton of broth, the tomatoes, salt, pepper and bay leaf into stockpot. Heat to boiling. Stir in pasta. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 15 minutes.
• Shred or cut chicken into bite-size pieces; add to soup. Stir in greens just until wilted. Remove bay leaf. Serve with a sprinkle of additional freshly ground pepper and the cheese.

CHICKEN AND PASTINA SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken in 12 inch skillet. Add 1 carton of broth and heat to boiling.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer 20 minutes or until juice of chicken is clear when thickest part is cut.
• Meanwhile, in 5 quart stockpot, heat oil over medium heat.
• Add onion, carrot and celery.
• Cook 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally until vegetables are tender.
• Drain chicken, reserving broth and set chicken aside.
• Strain broth and add to vegetables.
• Stir remaining carton of broth, tomatoes, salt, pepper and bay leaf into stockpot and heat to boiling.
• Stir in pasta. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 15 minutes.
• Shred or cut chicken into bite size pieces and add to soup.
• Stir in greens just until wilted and remove bay leaf.
• Serve with parmesan cheese.

PASTINA CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Bring broth to a boil in a large saucepan.
• Stir in celery, onions, carrots potato,bpepper, salt,chicken bouillon powder and chicken.
• Bring to a boil and reduce to simmer for 45 minutes,.
• Remove chicken and chop in tiny pieces.
• Add pasta and chicken to soup and cook 10 minutes.
• Spoon into soup bowls and pass the Parmesan cheese.
• Tip.
• Use your processor on pulse mode to chop your vegetables.