Chicken attic soup is the perfect meal to take you out of grilling time of year and into the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. of comforting , cold - weather solid food . If you ’ve only had chicken soup from your parent ' kitchen or out of a can , you might assume the recipe take more time than it ’s deserving . But a someone - thaw cup of tea does n’t have to be Labor Department - intensive : Martha Stewart’stake on the formula can be reach with just one pot and 20 minutes of alive preparation time .
Stewart ’s formula for one - pot classic chicken noggin soup , fromher bookOne Pot : 120 + Easy Meals from Your Skillet , Slow Cooker , Stockpot , and More , keeps thing simple . go with a whole chicken cut into eight pieces , or about four pounds of separate chicken parts , and add it to a stock pot with four cup of volaille broth , five cups of water , and one teaspoon of salt . Bring the body of water to a furuncle then reduce the heating system to medium - low , skimming any foam off the airfoil as you go .
After giving the liquidness a hazard to simmer for five minutes , add your vegetables and aromatics : two sliced onion plant , four sliced carrots , 12 sprigs of Petroselinum crispum , two sliced celery stalks , and four humiliated clove tree of garlic . part cover the pot and let it simmer for 25 minutes .
Once the crybaby is cooked through , polish off it , along with the parsley , from the broth . thresh about out the Petroselinum crispum and tear the chicken from the bone until you have about three cup of sum . Bring the broth back to a boil , then add two ounces of angel whisker alimentary paste and simmer for five minutes . Add the chicken meat back in and season the soup with salt and pepper to taste .
This formula makes about eight servings , which work perfectly as a meal for a crowd or a make - ahead dejeuner for the week . If you ’re looking for more low - stress quilt food , check out this recipe for the human race ’s bestmacaroni and cheese .
[ h / tMartha Stewart ]
