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WINTER RECIPES
Entree: Frank’s Famous Chicken Soup
A Note from Frank
The secret to a long fruitful life is through soup, or so my dad always said. My dad always made soup for us growing up and I took the reins and now make it for my family - ALL THE TIME (no kidding). When I visit family around the country, it's a staple. You can often hear them say, "Is Frank's soup ready yet!?"
Recipe
Ingredients
It is important to either cook the chicken in an instant pot or in an oven roasting pan covered. Add 1 box of chicken broth (this will turn to bone broth after cooking).
1 large organic chicken 3 boxes of organic chicken broth 1 large onion 1 pound bag of carrots (cut into thin slices) 2 lemons (quartered) 2 teaspoon organic no salt allspice seasoning pepper to taste 1 large clove of garlic (peeled and diced) 4 large stalks of lemongrass (cut into 2 to 3 inch strips) 1 can of fire roasted diced tomatoes 1 cup of mixed organic frozen vegetables 1/2 cup of frozen green beans
Add 2 halves of lemon to the chicken cavity and cook per instructions for chicken.
While the chicken is cooking add the potato, carrots, celery, garlic, and onion into a large pan and add enough soup to cover the vegetables including the cut lemongrass stalks. Add spices. Bring to a boil then simmer until al dente.....DO NOT overcook the vegetables or under cook. Test the carrots or the potato from time to time to see if they are done. In a large soup pot add the mushrooms, can of diced tomatoes, 1 cup of frozen mixed vegetables and green beans DO NOT heat these. Add the cooked vegetables and broth to the large soup pot. The heat from the broth will cook everything in the pot to perfection. When the chicken is done, allow it to cool and then remove skin. Add the broth to the pot. Cut the chicken and add the chicken to the pot. We usually save a breast to eat separately as there is plenty of chicken for the soup. You can cook flat egg noodles or Asian rice noodles separately. Add to each individual bowl, do not add all the noodles to the soup, store them separately and use as you like. Garnishments to add to the soup are cut up cilantro, and fresh basil, add bean sprouts if you like as well. Add Asian chili garlic sauce if you like a bit of spice and heat.
1 large potato (diced) 4 stalks of celery (diced) 2 cans of straw mushroom s (drained) 1 tablespoon of Asian fish sauce
Tips
Lemongrass is a bit hard to find but ask your grocer. This is used for flavor and should not be eaten. Straw mushrooms are usually found in the Asian aisle. (if you can not find these you can use regular mushrooms sliced)
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