Bubbe'S Chicken Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 -6 lbs chicken, cut into 8 pieces
3 carrots, peeled and sliced
2 stalks celery, scrubbed and sliced
3 medium yellow onions, peeled and quartered
1 parsnip, peeled and sliced
bouquet garni
salt and pepper

Preparation

Wash and skin chicken, and place in large soup pot.
Cover with water and simmer in covered pot for two hours, skimming foam from top of pot.
Remove and reserve chicken.
Add vegetables, simmer for another hour.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Some people like to remove the vegetables and strain the soup, but I like to leave them in.
Chill overnight and scrape fat from surface.
Reheat and add reserved shredded chicken.
Serve with noodles or matzoh balls.