Grandpas Garden Chicken Soup

Grandpa sends me veggies from his huge garden every year and I use ‘em for this soup, which has been called ‘the best soup I’ve ever eaten’ by friends. It’s pretty unstructured and can change to meet your personal tastes. It’s basically a chicken veggie soup; it’s the FRESH veggies that make it the best. I just throw stuff in until it looks and tastes the way I want it to. It’s also GREAT if you’re sick; I swear it’ll cure what ails ya! YUM! The longer you SLOWLY cook the soup, the more flavorful it becomes. I often eat a bowl while it’s simmering ‘cause I can’t wait.

Step: 1

Put chicken pieces in a large stockpot; pour enough water over chicken to cover completely. Add onion, celery, bouillon cubes, basil, parsley, garlic, salt, and pepper to the pot; bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Cook at a simmer until the chicken is cooked through and tender, about 1 hour.

Step: 2

Remove and discard celery chunks. Remove chicken to a cutting board to cool; cut as much meat as possible from the bones and chop roughly. Return chicken to stock.

Step: 3

Stir potatoes, kohlrabi, carrots, and turnip into the soup; cook until the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Add cabbage, corn, green beans, and tomato; cook until the green beans are tender, 7 to 10 minutes more.

Per Serving: 209 calories; protein 18.6g; carbohydrates 15.5g; fat 8.5g; cholesterol 49.9mg; sodium 376.2mg.

The name of “stew” can process to both a food and a make dishes method. Stewing makes not fast cooking piece of meat, raw fruit or beans in a tastefull water based . It’s similar to braising, instead it does have a few notable differences. The meat is chopped into few of pieces instead of being processing menu whole , and the water based material all of it covers the contents in a stew as different 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 perception for making a rib-sticking meal that warms you up on a cold , winter day. It’s true ; a bowl of classic beef stew does have warming featured food , but stew’s cozy factor more than a way beyond preserving you from the cold . It’s all about those soft and chunks of meat and vegetables, swimming in a thick, ultra-rich gravy. The more they come together creates the greatest comfort food, no matter the weather.