Chicken Soup With Rice Or Noodles Recipes

CHICKEN SOUP WITH RICE OR NOODLES

Steps:

• 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.

COCONUT-LIME SOUP WITH CHICKEN AND RICE NOODLES

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except noodles in a large pot. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 12 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate; when cool enough to handle, shred meat from bones and discard bones. Add meat to soup.
• Cook noodles according to package directions, then add to soup. Add more fish sauce, if desired, and serve with lime halves for squeezing.

CHICKEN & RICE (OR NOODLE) SOUP

Steps:

• Wash chicken and remove giblets.
• Place chicken in large soup kettle.
• Add water, celery, carrot, leek, parsley, bay leaf, the clove-stuck onion, salt, and peppercorns.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover, and simmer 2 to 2.5 hours, or until chicken is tender.
• Remove chicken from the kettle.
• Strain broth, removing other ingredients, and return broth to kettle.
• Skin chicken, remove bones, and cut up chicken.
• To make soup:.
• Add diced carrots, chopped celery, chopped onions, and rice to broth in kettle; simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add chicken, peas, salt & pepper to taste; simmer for 10 minutes or until rice is tender.
• NOTE: When using noodles, I add them to the broth however many minutes it takes to cook them before serving.

CHICKEN SOUP WITH RICE NOODLES

Steps:

• BRING 8 cups water to boil in medium saucepan. Add rice noodles; cook 3 to 4 minutes or until tender. Drain. Rinse noodles under cold water to cool. Divide noodles among 6 soup bowls.
• DIVIDE chicken, cilantro and green onion evenly among bowls.
• BRING chicken broth, water, carrot, mushrooms, Fish Sauce, lime juice and sugar to boil in same saucepan. Ladle broth mixture over noodle mixture in each bowl. Serve immediately.