chicken soup

How To Make chicken soup

• Step 1
  Wash chicken pieces and place in large stockpot.
• Step 2
  Cover with water and bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer until chicken falls off the bones (approximately 2-3 hours).
• Step 3
  Remove chicken with slotted spoon and let cool.
• Step 4
  When cool enough to handle, remove bones and skin and cut all chicken up in small pieces, being careful not to leave any bones.
• Step 5
  Add chicken to stock left in pan and refrigerate overnight.
• Step 6
  When you remove pot from refrigerator, skim off the grease from the top of the stock (the chicken will be very moist from having remained in the stock overnight).
• Step 7
  Return pot to heat and slowly bring to boil; add onions, celery, carrots, tomatoes, cabbage and potatoes.
• Step 8
  Add bouillon, bay leaf, salt and pepper, marjoram, basil, thyme and parsley and simmer until vegetables are done to your liking.
• Step 9
  Then add broken pieces of spaghetti and cook until tender.
• Step 10
  The soup will be very thick, almost stew-like.
• Step 11
  It freezes well.
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