All Ready for My Soup
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (90823)
United States
July 4, 2024 7:41am CST
Yesterday I finally stripped the rest of the meat off our carcass from the beer can chicken I recently made—that was delicious, by the way. Then I took the carcass and boiled it off to get the rest of the meat off it and of course make a good broth base to make chicken noodle soup with later.
I am planning on making the soup on Friday, probably.
I have the meat that I want to use separated, and I have carrots I will chop to put in it, and with this batch I will use fettuccini noodles instead of spaghetti noodles.
Sometime today I will probably scoop the fat off the top of the broth base.
I love a good chicken noodle soup even though soups are generally a winter thing for us. But having a soup every once in a while during the summer is just fine. I always make my soups really hearty. Besides, I had the carcass and I didn't want to freeze it.
Might as well just git-r-done.
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@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
5 Jul
I love a good, hearty soup anytime during the year. Save some for me. Have a good day and weekend.
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@MarieCoyle (37444)
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4 Jul
Us frugal people always do this when the chicken has mostly been eaten, I sometimes put the carcass in the crockpot and it cooks the bones, making wonderful broth. I strain the broth, and like you, chill it out to remove the fat. The fat is like suet in a way, birds and wildlife love it. Hey, don’t forget the onions and celery when you make your soup!!
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@porwest (90823)
• United States
5 Jul
@MarieCoyle These are some good ideas to "preserve" celery. It's part of the reason I often don't have any unless I plan to use it, because it gets soft and wilts so darn fast. In this case, I simply forgot about it for my soup.
That being said, when the celery does start going, I force myself to use every bit of it up. Waste not, want not.
I have never tried growing my own, but the next one I buy, I am going to do that and give it a try. FREE celery is even better. That's right up my alley. Do you put the base in water?
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@MarieCoyle (37444)
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4 Jul
@porwest
That's one thing I always keep. When I get celery, I remove all the leaves from the stalk. Those get dried and crushed, to use in cooking for flavor. Some we eat fresh or add to salads, etc. Some stalks get chopped up and put in small containers in the freezer. Then when I want chopped celery for cooking and I'm in somewhat of a rush, or I have used all the fresh, I still have celery. It perks up soups and other dishes so much!
Oh, and when I cut the celery stalks from the base, I put the base in a certain little container, and in a very few days, I have a bit more celery growing very fast, with nice fresh leaves to chop. Like I said, I try to use it all, if it's possible.
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@Beestring (14554)
• Hong Kong
4 Jul
Chicken noodle soup sounds good.
Chinese loves soups. We have varieties of soups for different seasons.
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