Classic Jewish Chicken Soup

A classic recipe for ‘Jewish Penicillin!’ Add matzo balls if you wish, or just serve with noodles, fresh bread, or biscuits. This soup is even better reheated the next day!

Step: 1

Put chicken in a large pot with the chopped onions. Pour enough water into the pot to cover; add dill, parsley, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer for 45 minutes.

Step: 2

Skim and discard any foam from the top of the simmering liquid. Remove chicken to a cutting board. Remove as much meat from the chicken bones as possible; cut into chunks.

Step: 3

Return the liquid to a boil. Add carrots, potatoes, leeks, celery, kohlrabi, and parsnips to the boiling liquid. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Stir cooked chicken chunks and chicken bouillon into the mixture. Season again with salt and pepper. Cook until the chicken is hot, about 5 minutes.

Per Serving: 200 calories; protein 18.5g; carbohydrates 21.2g; fat 4.7g; cholesterol 48mg; sodium 283.3mg.

The word “stew” can refer to 2 time a dish and a cooking method. Stewing makes slowly cooking chunks of meat, raw fruit or beans in a flavorful liquid . It’s same as to braising, but it makes have a few notable differences. The meat is chopped into few of pieces but of being cooked all of it , and the water based material all of it covers the contents in a stew as compared to a braise’s halfway all of it . When meat or vegetables are cooked using this method, the resulting dish is called stew.

Stew has a reputation for being a rib-sticking meal that warms you up on a freezing , winter day. It’s right that ; a bowl of old menu of beef stew does have warming properties , but stew’s comfort factor goes way beyond preserving you from the cold . It’s all about those soft and chunks of food and vegetables, swimming in a thick, ultra-rich gravy. The more they come together make the ultimate comfort food, no matter the weather.