Thursday, January 10, 2008

Waste Not want Not Chicken Noodle Soup

Well we had roasted a whole chicken a few days ago and we always save the bones and carcass for making stock.Since the fridge was again over crowded we decided to make soup.What we found was.
A cup of crushed canned tomato's,a bunch of celery on it's last legs(not rotten),
one large chicken breast,a container of creamed corn about a cup,half a bag of carrots.So what the heck we made soup out of it.

Ingredients For The Stock:
5 quart stock pot or larger
1 cup canned tomato's
1 small can tomato sauce
carcass and bones from large cooked roasted chicken.
1 large shallot
2 medium onions
1 head of garlic
1 bunch of celery(it had wilted in this case,you can use fresh 2 or three stalks)
1 can chicken broth
1 bay leaf
Worcestershire sauce
Tabasco sauce
2 carrots
salt
pepper
4 quarts of water

Directions:
Add all the chicken bones and carcass into the pot.
Add the water and one can of broth.
add bay leaf
No need to peel the onions,shallots,garlic or carrots as they will be disposed of anyway.Just halve the onions and shallots and throw into pot.
Clean and wash the celery and carrots chop into large pieces throw them into pot.
Add Worcestershire sauce I used about ten good splashes
add cup canned tomato's
add small can of tomato sauce
add Tabasco sauce I used about four good shots of it.
Salt about a tbsp. of Kosher
Pepper fresh ground four or five turns of the mill.
Bring to a boil then reduce heat to a simmer cook at a simmer until stock is reduced by half.
When it's reduced by half strain the remaining stock through a colander into another pot.Discard the vegetables and bones.

Ingredients for the soup:
1 Large chicken breast
2 carrots
2 stalks celery(fresh)
2 or 3 cups frozen peas
1 cup creamed corn
8 0z. rotini pasta

Directions:
Remove skin and bone from the chicken breast.
cut remaining breast meat into bite sized pieces.
wash and peel carrots cut into bite size pieces.
wash and cut celery into bite sized pieces.
place the ingredients into the pot of stock.
cook over medium heat until the carrots are par cooked.
add in pasta bring to a boil until pasta is cooked stirring frequently so pasta doesn't stick together.
Once pasta is cooked it's ready to serve.
Note:
You may have to add more broth as the pasta may drink up some of the stock...

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