Sicilian Chicken Soup
- 10 cup water
- 4 celery stalks, each cut into 3 pieces
- 4 flat-leaf parsley sprigs
- 2 medium carrots, each cut into 3 pieces
- 2 large garlic cloves
- 2 cloves
- 1 medium leek, trimmed and cut into 3 pieces
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 (3-pound) chicken
- 3 tablespoons uncooked pastina (tiny star-shaped pasta)
- 2 tablespoons (1/2 ounce) grated fresh Romano cheese
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 egg
- 1 egg white
- Combine first 9 ingredients in an 8-quart Dutch oven or stockpot; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 2 hours. Remove from heat.
- Remove chicken and carrot from broth. Place chicken in a bowl; cover and chill. Dice carrot; cover and chill. Strain broth through a sieve into a large bowl; discard solids. Cover and chill broth at least 24 hours. Skim solidified fat from surface, and discard. Set aside 8 cups broth, reserving remaining broth for another use. Remove chicken from bones; cut into bite-size pieces. Discard bones.
- Combine chicken, carrot, and 8 cups broth in Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Add pastina, Romano cheese, salt, and pepper; cook 5 minutes.
- Combine egg and egg white; stir well, and slowly drizzle into boiling broth mixture, stirring constantly. Immediately remove from heat.
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Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/sicilian-chicken-soup (may not work)