I love cooking a whole chicken in the oven, it takes longer but it’s juicer and then you can make soup afterwards! Pulling a whole chicken out of the oven and carving it up, makes dinner feel like an occasion, it’s a great one for company. Especially if you can tell them a few months ago the chicken was running around your yard, it’s something I can do for the first time.
I know at least four people who were vomiting for at least 24 hours last week. One of them was my partner who didn’t leave the couch for a whole day; he was begging for gingerale and chicken noodle soup when I got home from work. Lucky for him I’ve been keeping homemade chicken broth in the freezer.
Ever wonder why chicken noodle soup is what a lot of people want when they are feeling ill? I learned some of the energetics of food, when you consider the energy that is in your food as it grows and you are what you eat. Chickens are light, move quickly, and have a lot of bounce in their step. You want some of that energy when you’re feeling sick.
Chicken Soup
Broth:
After having a whole roasted chicken for dinner, put the carcass, bones, skin, and any meat you’re not going to eat into a slow cooker (or croc pot). Add enough water to cover the carcass, set it to cook over night for as long as the longest setting allows. Mine will cook for 10 hours. You will have the best chicken broth in the morning full of good healthy fat and nutrients. Once finished, with a slotted spoon remove all the bones.
Now you have concentrated chicken broth, if you are not going to make soup right away, put it into containers and freeze it until you want chicken soup.
Chicken Soup:
You can have whatever you like in chicken soup, if you want onions, I would saute them in a little olive oil before adding the broth. For plain chicken noodle soup, put the broth in a pot (frozen or not) add equal amount of water. Once the soup comes to a boil (if it’s frozen everything is melted) add your noodles of choice. I like egg noodles in chicken soup. Add salt and pepper, once the noodles are cooked it’s ready to enjoy.
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