Super Easy Homemade Soup
- 1 raw chicken carcasses or 1 raw turkey carcass, with as much skin removed as possible
- 30 cups water (or enough water to cover the body)
- 14 cup salt (I use coarse salt, but whatever is on hand is good)
- 2 -3 cups carcass meat (or whatever comes off the bones, eliminating all mini bones)
- 4 boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite sized pieces
- 1 cup alphabet pasta
- 1 12 cups rice (not instant!)
- 2 cups frozen corn
- 2 cups peas
- 2 cups mixed vegetables (or variety of your choice)
- salt (I once again used the coarse salt, this is up to you)
- Boil carcass in pot large enough to hold it and with enough water to cover it.
- Season with the 1/4 cup salt prior to boiling.
- Let boil for up to 3 hours, checking water levels occasionally.
- Use slotted spoon to remove all pieces of carcass (careful, it will have separated into smaller pieces).
- Strain into another container with cheesecloth to catch all the meat floating in the water, as well as the residual fat from the body.
- Allow the bones to cool to touch to remove the remaining meat for the soup.
- Place the broth back into the now cleaned pot (washing in between is key here) with the meat from the carcass.
- Stir occasionally.
- Put back onto the stove to boil.
- Add the cut thigh meat after the water boils.
- Stir occasionally.
- Add the rice and pasta, let come to a boil again.
- Stir occasionally (see a pattern here?
- :D).
- Once the rice and pasta begin to swell, add veggies (you know what to do here :D).
- Season to taste with salt.
- Serve to those you love (especially yourself!
- ).
chicken carcasses, water, salt, carcass meat, chicken thighs, alphabet pasta, rice, frozen corn, peas, mixed vegetables, salt
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/super-easy-homemade-soup-148624 (may not work)