Fallen Souffle

I have been in a soup mood. Who know’s why- it’s been 75 degrees here for the last two weeks. Though that will soon come to an end as tommorrow it will be a frigid 53 degrees. Nonetheless I have a ton of soup ideas swimming in head and it is high time I finally implement them. I made a chicken soup from a dry mix earlier this week and I was highly disappointed. The veggies were stale, the broth was unseasoned and the noodles were chewy. Yuck! Never again! My craving had not been satisfied so I decided to do it the right way. I bought a rotisserie chicken (my favorite kitchen shortcut!) and took all of the meat off. I have never made real broth but I was not going to cheat myself by using canned broth- I have aleady been disappointed once, I couldn’t do it twice in one week. I cover the chicken bones with cold water and threw in whatever I could find in the fridge; onions, carrots, garlic, celery, cilantro and sun dried tomatoes. I brought it to a boil and let is simmer for a good 3 hours or so. After cooling it, I put it in the fridge for two days. Today I skimmed the fat off the top, reheated it and strained all the bones and veggies. The smell of the broth was heavenly! I may never go back to the canned stuff again!

I added about 2 cups of water to the broth because I reduced the broth so much. I added in a couple of handfuls of chopped carrots and celery and brought to a boil. I threw in a couple cups of eggs noodles and allowed them to cook in the broth. The very last step was to add in the shredded chicken.

I was so proud of myself, homemade broth turned into homemade chicken soup. Campbell’s has got nothing on me!

You must try making your own soup, the flavor is like no other, the nutritional value is so much better and its really quite easy.

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