Chicken Soup With Flanken
- 4 1/2 pounds chicken pieces
- 4 pounds flanken
- 1 beef shinbone with meat
- 5 carrots, peeled, in large chunks
- 4 celery stalks in large chunks
- 1 parsnip, peeled, in chunks
- 1 turnip, peeled, in chunks
- 2 parsley roots, peeled and halved
- 1 onion, peeled and halved
- 5 garlic cloves, peeled
- 1 leek, white and light green parts only, halved lengthwise and washed
- 1 zucchini, trimmed, in chunks
- 1 bunch parsley
- 1 bunch dill
- 2 marrow-bone ends
- 4 thinly sliced, peeled carrots
- 4 thinly sliced celery stalks
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- In a very large pot, combine chicken pieces, flanken and shinbone.
- Add water to cover, place over high heat and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to medium-low.
- Carefully remove foam as it forms.
- When there is no more foam, add vegetables in following order: carrot chunks, celery chunks, parsnip, turnip, parsley roots, onion, garlic, leek and zucchini.
- As vegetables become tender, remove them.
- When all vegetables have been removed, add parsley and dill.
- Simmer until flanken is very tender, about 2 hours.
- Discard parsley and dill.
- Remove flanken and chicken, and set aside.
- Strain soup, then return meat, chicken and shinbone to pot.
- Before serving soup, remove fat from surface.
- Add marrow-bone ends, sliced carrots and sliced celery.
- Place over medium heat, and simmer until vegetables are tender.
- Remove and discard marrow bones.
- Remove flanken and chicken; slice and serve separately.
- Season soup with salt and pepper to taste.
- Ladle into bowls and serve.
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Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/8437 (may not work)