Chicken Soup For Dummies

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 12 cups water
• 4 lbs chicken thighs or 4 lbs chicken drumsticks, skin on
• 1 lb baby carrots
• 2 medium onions, peeled & quartered
• 3 -4 teaspoons kosher salt
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley or 1 tablespoon parsley flakes
• 3 -4 chicken bouillon cubes
• 2 cups small shell pasta, uncooked (or any small pasta)

Recipe

• 1 place chicken and water in stock pot and bring to a boil.
• 2 reduce to a simmer and add remaining ingredients except pasta; cover.
• 3 simmer for 45 minutes and then remove chicken to a plate.
• 4 add pasta to broth and bring back to a boil; reduce to low/med heat, do not cover; let cook for about 20 minutes.
• 5 meanwhile, when chicken is cool enough to handle, remove skin and discard; pull bite sized pieces of chicken from bones and add back to soup, discarding bones.
• 6 by this time, your pasta should be tender; if not, allow to simmer a few more minutes.
• 7 check to see if you need more salt and/or pepper and then serve.