Second Day Chicken Soup
- leftover chicken piece (include bones and trimmings)
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 4 cups water
- 2 chicken bouillon cubes
- 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 12 teaspoon pepper
- 14 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 1 bay leaf
- 12 cup barley or 12 cup uncooked rice
- 1 cup carrot, sliced
- 1 lb frozen corn
- 2 -4 small potatoes, cut up into 1/2 in. cubes (optional)
- In 8 quart dutch oven (heavy pot), combine chicken & trimmings/bones, water, broth, boullion cubes, bay leaf, cream soup & seasonings.
- Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat, cover & simmer 90 minutes.
- Strain the soup to separate liquid from the chicken and bones.
- (this is the tricky part.
- What works for me is to pour the whole mixture into a large strainer over a large bowl.
- Then move the broth in the bowl back into the dutch oven.
- ).
- Allow the chicken to cool a bit in the strainer, then separate the chicken from the bones, returning the chicken to the broth and discarding the bones, etc.
- Stir in barley or rice and return to a boil.
- Reduce heat, cover & simmer 30 minutes.
- Add veggies & simmer an additional 25-30 minutes.
- *You can substitue or add other veggies, etc.
- A word of caution for noodles, though.
- While they taste great, they absorb a lot of the liquid, so leftovers end up with somewhat bloated noodles and not much broth.
- It still tastes nice, but doesn't look as appealing :-).
chicken, chicken broth, water, chicken bouillon cubes, condensed cream, salt, pepper, poultry seasoning, bay leaf, barley, carrot, corn, potatoes
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/second-day-chicken-soup-182664 (may not work)