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Grandma's Chicken Soup Recipe
Grandma's Chicken Soup Recipe
(Note: Other chicken soup recipes also are effective, including many store-bought soups)
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Ingredients:
- 1 5- to 6-pound stewing hen or baking chicken
- 1 package of chicken wings
- 3 large onions
- 1 large sweet potato
- 3 parsnips
- 2 turnips
- 11 to 12 large carrots
- 5 to 6 celery stems
- 1 bunch of parsley
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
- Clean the chicken, put it in a large pot and cover it with cold water. Bring the water to boil.
- Add the chicken wings, onions, sweet potato, parsnips, turnips and carrots. Boil about 1 and a half hours. Remove fat from the surface as it accumulates.
- Add the parsley and celery. Cook the mixture about 45 min. longer.
- Remove the chicken. The chicken is not used further for the soup. (The meat makes excellent chicken parmesan.)
- Put the vegetables in a food processor until they are chopped fine or pass through a strainer. Both were performed in the present study.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
(Note: This soup freezes well.)
Matzo balls were prepared according to the recipe on the back of the box of matzo meal (Manischewitz).