About Chicken Soup...

[StripyPixieSocks]

I have a few questions about making Chicken soup and I wonder if you wonderful people know the answers.

Ok I have 1 Cooked Chicken carcass and one whole chicken that I want to make soup out of.

Can I use the already roasted chicken carcass?
Does anyone have a foolproof delicious Chicken Stock Recipe I could use?
Does anyone have a lovely hearty Chicken Soup Recipe which uses Leeks, Potatoes, Pearl Barley, Carrots and various other vegetables I have around the place? or can I just stick them all in anyway after the chicken stock is made and strained?

I've not made Chicken stock since I was working as a Chef and I for the life of me cannot remember how to make it...

[Milims]

I just make stock by bunging the carcas - roasted or otherwise in a pot with water, chopped onion and some herbs. Cook for aaaaaagggggeeeeeessss slowly. Fish out the ikky bits add the yummy bits and cook til they are ready! Hey presto chicken soup!

[StripyPixieSocks]

Oooooo excellent I love recipes where you can just shove anything in, means I get to empty out all those collected pots of left over veggies in the freezer

[invisiblepiper]

Just made some - butternut squash, tatties, an old parsnip, leek and a couple of chopped chicken fillets. Sizzled leeks in butter first - then added other veg chopped to sizzle a bit too. Added cumin and turmeric, about 1 teasp of each (powder). Then chopped chicken to seal. Then 1 litre of stock ( it was ham actually - but that worked well!)
Simmered for an hour,
Trouble is , my daughter then appeared with her boyfriend - and they've scoffed the lot!

[Milims]

Oooooo excellent I love recipes where you can just shove anything in, means I get to empty out all those collected pots of left over veggies in the freezer

You mean there's another way to make soup?

[Annpan]

I have a few questions about making Chicken soup and I wonder if you wonderful people know the answers.

Ok I have 1 Cooked Chicken carcass and one whole chicken that I want to make soup out of.

Can I use the already roasted chicken carcass?
Does anyone have a foolproof delicious Chicken Stock Recipe I could use?
Does anyone have a lovely hearty Chicken Soup Recipe which uses Leeks, Potatoes, Pearl Barley, Carrots and various other vegetables I have around the place? or can I just stick them all in anyway after the chicken stock is made and strained?

I've not made Chicken stock since I was working as a Chef and I for the life of me cannot remember how to make it...

Sounds not far off from the way I do cock-a-leekie
I do alway cheat with the stock (adding a few tsp of bullion pwder )as I have never perfected it.

[StripyPixieSocks]

Oooooo excellent I love recipes where you can just shove anything in, means I get to empty out all those collected pots of left over veggies in the freezer

You mean there's another way to make soup?

Usually I want Chicken Soup or some other soup when I haven't got any of the ingredients in and have to go and get them lol... this time I'm on a mission to empty the freezer before the freezer monster takes over

I love Cock-a-leekie, thanks Annpan :D

[Milims]

I often make "Sunday Dinner Soup". Pretty much made of the sunday dinner left overs with some stock and a few extras. Thank goodness for the slow cooker!

[Green Aura]

I use a Jewish recipe for chicken soup - it's fantastic. And I get to use all the meat in other things. Last time I made it we had noodle soup for 6, chicken sandwiches for 3, chicken and veg pie for 6. Out of one chicken!
Then the bones went in the bokashi to go into the compost. Nothing wasted.

[red]

i boil up the carcass (raw makes better soup than cooked, but you use what you've got) for ages

then when its cold enough to handle go through it by hand separating into three bowls - meat, catfood and bin. then set hte meat aside and boil the stock down a bit more, as i always use plenty of water to boil the bones in.
Then the meat goes in with onion, leek carrots.. whatever i fancy.. herbs

for a cream of chicken type soup, i then blend the lot, meat and all, and add a little milk or cream. otherwise leave it stew like
sometimes make sage dumplings to add...

[StripyPixieSocks]

Yep, I have a cooked chicken carcass (minus any meat) and a fresh chicken which is all going in together tomorrow morning for a long, slow cook.

I'm actually looking forward to experimenting

[jim]

Boil chicken carcase slowly with clove of garlic, onion and bayleaf until bones are bare of meat.
Strain into bowl. Get you fingers in the mess and seperate meat from other bits.
In a clean pan melt about an oz of butter or marge.
Put in a tablespoon of flour and hand whisk to a thick paste or roux. Cook for a few minutes stirring constantly.
Thin with a little milk still stirring. Add stock slowly until creamy consistency is achieved.
Add meat.

Using the roux method makes a smoothish soup and can be used to make mushroom, seafood or nettle soup depending on your stock. Otherwise just boil up the stock, strain and add whatever is in the garden or freezer and cook 'til tender before adding noodles for a less fuss stewy broth.

Love and Peace
Jim

[prawncracker]

I make stock in my slow cooker, it makes it lovely and clear, takes about 4 hours. I make it from roast carcass or from whole uncooked bird. I think stock from the roast carcass (and esp. roast skin if there's any left) tastes the best. (If using beef on bone to make beef stock i would roast it first)

I think celery is essential for tasty stock, also salt, onions, carrots, white and black pepper, bay leaves, maybe leeks .. what ever in fridge.

i often make chicken dinner and stock from a whole chicken using slow cooker, it must be seasoned well and surrounded by veg or the meat will be bland, then strip the cooked bird (which is delicously tender slow cooked) and serve breasts for dinner and the rest of meat goes in chicken soup or sarnies or curry ...

Simmer, do not boil or stock will be cloudy, and strain. then cool and scrape off fat. Have then used fat on my roast tatties .. rather defeats the purpose for slimmers but who cares!