Chicken Soup With Rice Or Noodles - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 (3 -4 lb) chicken
    1 (48 ounce) can chicken broth (I use Swanson's low fat)
    1 stalk celery
    1 carrot
    1 pinch saffron
    1 pinch sage
    1 pinch thyme
    1 bay leaf
    2 teaspoons kosher salt
    2 teaspoons olive oil
    1 medium onion, chopped
    2 -3 carrots, coarsely grated
    2 stalks celery, thinly sliced
    2/3 cup short-grain rice or 2 cups Reames frozen noodles
    1 head escarole, washed and coarsely chopped
    salt and pepper
Preparation
    Remove excess fat and giblets from the chicken and discard.
    In a 5-qt. crock-pot combine the chicken broth, chicken, celery, carrot, saffron, sage, thyme, bay leaf and kosher salt.
    Cook on high for 4-5 hours or until the chicken falls off the bone. Remove the chicken and cool; debone and cut into bite-sized pieces.
    Strain the broth through a sieve lined with 2 paper towels, this removes the sediment and some of the fat. This can be done a day ahead and more fat can be removed from the top of the chilled broth.
    In a large sauce pan heat the oil over medium-high heat, saute the onion, carrots and celery until the onion is transulent.
    Add the strained broth and bring to a boil.
    Add the rice or noodles and simmer covered for 15 minutes.
    Stir in the chicken, cover; simmer until the rice/noodles are tender and the chicken is heated through.
    Remove from heat and add the escarole; cover and set aside until the escarole wilts, about 2 minutes.
    Add salt and pepper to taste.

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