Chicken Soup From Scratch – Gluten Free

…Mmmm comfort food.  If there’s a silver lining to the cold of winter hiding just around the corner, it’s that I get the appetite for hot dishes with lots of fixings.  We’re talking mashed potatoes, steamy soup, mac & cheese, pies, meatballs, lasagna, chicken pot pie….you get the picture.  ;) It should then go without saying that you can’t go through winter without chicken soup.

I grew up on my mom’s homemade chicken noodle soup.  Although as a kid my ratio of broth intake was much higher than the actual noodles/chicken (and I still have this “problem”), it is something I can now make GF and enjoy and slurp up to my heart’s content.

You’ll Need:

– chicken
– pasta (Tinkyada or corn noodles)
– carrots
– celery
– salt & pepper
– bayleaf
– parsley
– 3 diced shallots or 1/2 a yellow onion, diced (or both – once again, to your tastes)
– celery salt
– 3-4 cloves of garlic, crushed (not to be confused with the bulbs; cloves are inside the bulb)
– 1-2 tbsp of virgin olive oil (depends on the size of your pot)

Note: When I cook, I rarely measure because I like to go on instinctual creativity and just have fun with the process.  I cook by ‘feeling’ out what goes with what, eyeing things up, or personal taste, so feel free to tweak this recipe to make it your own as well.  Have fun experimenting!  :)

Prep:

– Clean and cut up the carrots and celery into bite-sized pieces.

To Start:

– get a large soup pot and fill it about 3/4 full with water.  Add a dash of salt.
– add chicken to the pot and bring it to a boil.  If you prefer, you can spoon out the fat that rises from the chicken.
– in the pot, the fat will rise and be thick for awhile, but then it will start to thin out a bit.  When it does this (or you’re done spooning out the fat), turn down the heat to a simmer.
– add the olive oil and spices according to your taste to the pot.
– add the veggies
*Bonus: enjoy the smell of soup wafting through your house as you do other things.
– When the soup is about 45 mins along, in another pot add the pasta and cook according to direction, then strain the water from the pasta.
– add the pasta to the soup for approx another 5 mins.

Sip your nice, hot bowl of chicken soup. Bon appetit!

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