Recipe: Perfect Feel Good Chicken Soup

Feel Good Chicken Soup. My husband and I make this soup at least twice a month. We end up doubling the recipe so we have plenty of extra. Chicken soup with a head-clearing kick and a generous dose of seasonal veggies will soothe all that ails you.

Making chicken soup starts with chicken selection. The best chicken to use for soup, because it is most flavorful, is a pullet (a young female that is not quite old enough to lay eggs), but they aren't easy to get, so I usually use the next best, a fowl (older female birds whose egg-laying days are a dim. This soup is perfect to help you and your family to 'feed that cold and starve that fever' - The spices used specifically help you breath easier right from the very first sip - and secondly, its a might good tasting soup too! serve it up with noodles Feel free to use any of the below tags. You can have Feel Good Chicken Soup using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Feel Good Chicken Soup

1. It's of boneless skinless chicken.
2. Prepare of carrots.
3. You need of celery.
4. You need of onions.
5. Prepare of green onions.
6. It's of baby spinach.
7. It's of fresh chopped thyme.
8. It's of fresh chopped oregano.
9. Prepare of fresh chopped rosemary.
10. You need of black pepper.
11. Prepare of ea chicken bouillon cubes.
12. It's of As needed: water.

I used a roasted chicken carcass from our previous nights dinner as I feel it adds more flavor then the uncooked chicken. This was the first time making Chicken Soup from scratch, and I was surprized at how simple it was. My husband wanted homemade noodles with it so I used. This Easy Chicken Noodle Soup recipe is my all-time favorite winter soup, made with simple How to make homemade chicken broth.

Feel Good Chicken Soup instructions

1. Cut chicken into bite-sized cubes. Tip: I like to use an even mix of breast and thighs, seems to have better flavor that way.
2. Cut carrots into bite-size pieces. Tip: use pre-packaged baby carrots. They're already peeled..
3. Cut celery into bite-size pieces. Optional: don't let any go to waste! I like to mince up the leaves and add them to the rest of my herbs. More flavor and more nutrients. Can't have enough of either.
4. Peel and cut onions into bite-size pieces.
5. Chop herbs down to a fine powder.
6. Cut green onions into ¼ inch pieces.
7. Combine all ingredients into a large stock pot and fill with water until the ingredients are completely submerged.
8. Bring this mixture to a boil and allow to boil for ten minutes. Warning: monitor closely, as boil-over will likely occur. I always make a mess on my stove lol.
9. Reduce heat to medium and cover. Continue to heat until onions are translucent, approximately 20 minutes..

The best thing about my chicken noodle soup? Now I have hundreds of real good food recipes that will make you and your family feel oh-so good! After a week like last week, this healing soup was definitely needed. I can't remember the last time I felt that Chicken Soup is good, but doesn't scream comfort food to me. But today I'm giving myself a pat on the back for this one.