Budget Chicken Soup
By
Suzanne rose
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This is a great budget soup .
It doesn't need to be winter to have soup
This soup is great to put into small containers and freeze .
To reheat take out and leave in fridge overnight and heat up either in microwave or stove
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It doesn't need to be winter to have soup
This soup is great to put into small containers and freeze .
To reheat take out and leave in fridge overnight and heat up either in microwave or stove
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Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken skin on small uncooked
- 3 1/2L water
- 3 tbs chicken stock powder or 3 stock cubes
- 5 bay leaves
- 1 onion peeled
- 1 carrot broken into chunks
- 1 celery stick thickly sliced
- 2 tsp mixed dried herbs
- 1/2 tsp salt and pepper *to taste
- 250g pasta small uncooked
- 420g canned corn kernels drained
- 420g cream-style canned corn
- 2 carrots diced peeled *extra
- 2 celery sticks diced *extra
- 2 cups mixed vegetables diced
Method
- Place first 9 ingredients into a large 5 Litre soup pot, bring to the boil, then reduce heat to a rapid simmer for approximately one hour.
- Meanwhile, cook pasta as per packet instructions until al dente. Drain and set aside.
- Remove the chicken and stock vegetables from the broth. Discard stock vegetables.
- Debone chicken, roughly chop meat and return to pot.
- Add corn kernels, creamed corn, carrots, celery and 2 cups of vegetables of choice.
- Simmer for a further 45 minutes, check seasoning, add salt and pepper and additional chicken stock powder if necessary.
- Add cooked pasta and extra water to balance the liquid ratio, depending on size of chicken and amount of vegetables. Simmer for an extra five minutes.
- Serve with crusty bread for a complete family meal.