Chiarellos Chicken And Pastina Soup Recipes

CHICKEN AND PASTINA SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken in 12 inch skillet. Add 1 carton of broth and heat to boiling.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer 20 minutes or until juice of chicken is clear when thickest part is cut.
• Meanwhile, in 5 quart stockpot, heat oil over medium heat.
• Add onion, carrot and celery.
• Cook 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally until vegetables are tender.
• Drain chicken, reserving broth and set chicken aside.
• Strain broth and add to vegetables.
• Stir remaining carton of broth, tomatoes, salt, pepper and bay leaf into stockpot and heat to boiling.
• Stir in pasta. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 15 minutes.
• Shred or cut chicken into bite size pieces and add to soup.
• Stir in greens just until wilted and remove bay leaf.
• Serve with parmesan cheese.

PASTINA D'AMBRODO

Steps:

• Rinse and dry the chicken thoroughly. In a large heated soup pot, place the onions, celery, carrots, and bay leaves. Add the whole chicken to the pot, and cover with enough cold water to cover almost all of the chicken. Add the tomatoes. Bring it pot up to the boil. When pot is at full boil, turn the heat down to low. Remove the scum of the broth as it forms on top with ladle. Allow to simmer for a couple of hours.
• Bring large pot of salted water to boil, add pastina and cook according to package directions.
• Remove the chicken from the broth and set aside. Place a strainer over a large serving bowl and strain the chicken broth through. Strain pastina well, before adding into the bowl with the broth. Serve immediately, top with grated Parmesan, if desired.

CHICKEN AND PASTINA SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken in 12-inch skillet. Add 1 carton of the broth. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 20 minutes or until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170°F).
• Meanwhile, in 5-quart stockpot, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, carrot and celery; cook 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender.
• Drain chicken, reserving broth; set chicken aside. Strain broth; add to vegetables. Stir remaining carton of broth, the tomatoes, salt, pepper and bay leaf into stockpot. Heat to boiling. Stir in pasta. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 15 minutes.
• Shred or cut chicken into bite-size pieces; add to soup. Stir in greens just until wilted. Remove bay leaf. Serve with a sprinkle of additional freshly ground pepper and the cheese.