Can I make a good chicken soup without bones
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Comments (21)It's not media hype, although this is red meat to the media's 24/7 news cycle. The WHO on Wednesday raised its alert level to Phase 5, the second-highest, indicating a pandemic may be imminent, and was talking about moving to Phase 6. The Phase 5 alert -- the first ever -- activates added efforts to produce a vaccine. "It really is all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic," WHO Director General Margaret Chan said in Geneva. "We do not have all the answers right now, but we will get them." We have it in our county and we now have cases in the two towns next to mine. In New YOrk, ground zero seems to be St. Francis Prep in Queens and the cases in my area are adults who worked there. I don't scare easily but I am also worried, especially for the young and old. I had Grace at the DR. Monday for a re-check of something else and there were 5 teenagers sitting int he waiting room (unusual) and I found out from the nurse after they all thought they had swine flu. I would have never brought Grace in... We are taking common sense precautions with hand washing, etc. My son is on sports that has kids from different districts and I am debating about going tonight. I am not an alarmist, but I would rather be safe than sorry. It is spreading fast....See Morejust found this chicken soup, can it be canned?
Comments (9)So, that's a cooking recipe, not a canning recipe, but the basic guidelines for soups with meat or poultry are - Do not puree any soup or parts of the soup. Fill jar to only half with solids (your chicken, vegetables), the rest of the jar must be your broth. The ratio is important for density, processing/timing, half solids, half liquid. Leave 1 inch headspace. Do not add noodles or other pasta, rice, flour, cream, milk, egg, or other thickening agents. Add the milk/cream to home canned cream soup 'base' when you've opened it to heat, same with the noodles in this recipe. 60 min pressure canner pints, 75 minutes quarts. I don't know how the frozen vegetables in the Costco bag would hold up to the pressure canning, if you would like their texture after canning and shelf storage or not. I'm not much of a fan of canned peas myself, but that's my taste :) The soup looks delicious, and you could always freeze it too....See MoreRECIPE: Chicken Soup -can you subsitute chicken parts?
Comments (8)You can use any part of a chicken that you find on sale for making chicken broth. I buy packages of chicken necks & backs just for making broth. Not a whole lot of meat, but it really doesn't matter if you simmer the broth for several hours. By the time you're done, the meat has pretty much given up all its flavor. If your goal is to make broth & use the meat for soup, I think legs, and especially thighs, are a good choice. They are more flavorful than breasts and hold up to long cooking. As far as too much broth, you don't need to fill your dutch oven. Just make the amount of water equal to what you want to finally end up with. Or, you could make a larger amount and freeze the extra broth. However, there's absolutely no reason why you can't use a smaller saucepan with just a few pieces of chicken. I think browning the chicken pieces either in the stock pot or in the oven adds a richer flavor to the chicken broth. I always include a chunked up carrot, onion, and celery stalk, along with a bay leaf, some whole black peppercorns, and a couple of whole allspice. The longer you simmer the broth, the deeper and fuller the flavor. I usually strain the broth using a strainer lined with some cheesecloth & toss all the solids. However, if I have used some really meaty chicken pieces, I remove the bones & skin and set the meat aside for use later. Then I refrigerate the broth overnight & scrape off the congealed fat. If I'm making soup with the strained & de-fatted broth, I'll use fresh vegetables....See MoreGood chicken noodle soup recipe???
Comments (4)I think the key to a good chicken soup is the chicken itself! Buy a good chicken. Put it in a stock pot almost covered with water. Bring to a gentle boil, skimming off the foam. Add onion, carrots, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for about an hour - or until the chicken is very tender and comes off the bone easily. Remove the chicken. Remove the bones and add them back to the chicken stock. Simmer for about another hour..add more water if needed. Strain the stock (you can chill and remove most of the fat if desired -but leave some) Heat stock to a boil, add HOMEMADE noodles and cook until tender - you can add fresh carrots to this also. Add the chicken back in at the end. It doesn't get all stringy if you just put it back in right before you serve. I think it is best reheated the next day! I love to make soup!!!!...See More- 10 years ago
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