How To Make The Best Homemade Chicken Soup Recipe
This recipe is bound to warm your belly and your soul too! Everyone has their own personal twist on this classic and that’s what makes each recipe uniquely delicious.
I think you will enjoy this recipe. It’s loaded with fresh veggies, herbs, and spices. And for an extra punch, I added my favorite pasta – Orzo.
Orzo is great for Chicken Soup, this pasta is small enough not to be too overpowering in the soup and adds a nice punch of pasta flavor.
I hope you get to enjoy this warm and hearty chicken soup. Now that we are in the midst of fall and winter is slowly approaching, this soup is the perfect answer for feeding your belly and warming your soul!
Here are some step-by-step images for you to follow. Enjoy!
How To Make The Best Homemade Chicken Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 cups Chicken Stock or fat-free, lower-sodium chicken broth
- 4 Cups Water
- Skinless chicken cutlets (You can add as much as you desire)
- 2 cups sliced carrot
- 2 cups sliced celery
- 2 cups chopped onion
- 1 package soup greens
- 1 box Orzo pasta
- 2 Tablespoons chicken bouillon
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
Dice chicken cutlets
Boil chicken in water for about 5 minutes
In another pot, add chicken broth and water and bring to a boil
Add diced vegetables, bouillon, and spices
Bring to boil
Add chicken
Lower heat to medium and continue cooking for about 20 minutes
Add pasta and cook for another 7 minutes until pasta is done
How To Make The Best Homemade Chicken Soup Recipe
I begin by gathering my vegetables. I always like to buy a pre-packaged soup mix because it has the core herbs and a nice assortment of vegetables. Soup mix comes with turnips, assorted herbs, scallions, turnips, and leeks. Then I add additional onion, carrots, and celery. You can add any veggies that you like!
I generally use 2-3 containers of chicken broth to get started.
Dice all of the veggies first. I like to cut them into small to medium sizes.
I always like to peel my celery and carrots to remove the damaged outside and get rid of the strings from the celery.
I used to use a whole chicken cut up to make my chicken soup but then discovered how much easier it is to buy chicken cutlets instead. I like cutting them up into cubes and boiling them before adding them into the stock.
Boil the chicken for about 5 minutes before adding it to the broth.
I made a rather large pot because we love the leftovers.
Add bouillon to the soup mix – you can use the cubes too, but I prefer the granulated.
Once the broth is cooking for about 15 minutes add your chicken.
Stir every few minutes.
I love adding Orzo. You can add this the last few minutes of cooking.
And this is the delicious results!
You can see the multitude of veggies and pasta goodness!
Please let me know if you have any questions about this recipe. I hope you get to enjoy it soon. Let me know how much you loved it!
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