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For the past three weeks, I've been fighting off a case of bronchitis. Having the amazing partner that I do, he took care of me every night. For the first week, all I craved was chicken soup. Luckily, he has a quick recipe he cooks up that keeps me happy during a not-so-fun time for foodies. Sadly, I got him sick over the weekend and since then, I have been trying to perfect the perfect pot of chicken soup.
I know there have been several posts on Slashfood on trying to perfect this wonder. I recently posted a tip on how to increase the flavor in your broth, which I came across in Cook's Illustrated. With him sick and myself recovering, I decided to take on this task. The results were conclusive, using ground chicken maximizes the amount of flavor extraction in the shortest period of time (and after a long day at work, shorter is better).
Do you have a recipe that you swear by for chicken soup when you get sick? If so, how do you take it -- rice or noodles, chunks of chicken or shredded? The only thing I constantly do is cook the pasta separately and add it into each bowl before ladling in the soup -- I HATE soggy noodles!
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3-05-2009 @2:26PM Monica Forrestall said... Sarah, The comfort and warmth of easy to swallow chicken noodle soup when you're feeling sick, can't be overstated. My vegetarian sweetie wouldn't go for it, but my son Max and I slurp it up happily--sick or not.
Great tip on adding cooked noodles at the end. And we both feverishly favor noodles and chunk chicken. Feel better.
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3-06-2009 @12:44AM catastrophegirl said... i like to use minced garlic - brown it in a little olive oil, then remove it [strain it out if the pieces are tiny, because as you know burned garlic will ruin the oil] and then brown small chunks of chicken in the oil.
then i add both to the soup. the garlic just melts away and the soup becomes a rich golden brown color with a lot of depth to the flavor.
i don't actually like other vegetables, but you could probably cook carrots and celery with the garlic to intensify their flavor.
i serve mine over rice.
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3-06-2009 @8:41AM Laura said... Our family favorite is super quick and easy. I start with a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store. Break it into pieces and cover with water in a pot. Let it simmer until the meat comes off. Remove the meat to cool and add carrots, celery, onions and seasoning (we like lots of black pepper) to the broth. The veggies cook while you pick the meat off the chicken. Toss it all back together and add noodles or rice if you like.
Yum!!!
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3-06-2009 @2:14PM Rick said...
There is nothing better than chicken soup when you are under the weather! Yours look and sounds great.
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