burnt chicken skin vegetable soup

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online, IL
Updated on Sep 18, 2025

This started as a day-old Walmart rotisserie chicken. Without adding salt or any other spices, I've created an alternative version of chicken vegetable soup from the parts of the chicken most people throw out. Not only did I not use a saltshaker, I didn't have to add anything else; the taste was already there!! Turns out, there's a ton of flavor in the skin and the bones of this Walmart staple. Add the flavorful dark meat, and you're left with a delicious soup that came out of nowhere. Use the leftover white meat for chicken sandwiches.

prep time 20 Min
cook time 30 Min
method Stove Top
yield 3 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 1 medium Walmart rotisserie chicken
  • 6 cups water
  • 6 ounces sliced mushrooms
  • 5 ounces fresh baby spinach
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

How To Make burnt chicken skin vegetable soup

  • Deboned chicken with skin and dark meat, white meat and bones separated
    Step 1
    Debone the chicken; put the skin and dark meat in one pile, and the bones and the white meat in separate piles.
  • Step 2
    Put the bones in a pot and simmer for an hour or so in 6 cups of water.
  • Walmart chicken skin and darkmeat in saucepan
    Step 3
    Cut up the skin/dark meat and add it to a pan with 1 Tbsp of olive oil. Fry until crispy.
  • Here's where I add the veggies, (choose your own), to the chickn mix. I'll sautee this till the spinach and mushrooms have absorbed the flavor of the chicken.
    Step 4
    Add the spinach and mushrooms to the chicken skin mix; sauté till soft.
  • Step 5
    Strain the broth.
  • This soup is made from the scraps of a day old Walmart rotisserie chicken
    Step 6
    Separate the chicken and veggie mix into 3 large soup bowls; add the broth. Serve.

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Category: Chicken Soups
Ingredient: Chicken
Culture: American
Method: Stove Top

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