Chicken Soup

[CandySueQ]

Arkansas is hit with flu and croup right now! This recipe is a definite "Make You Feel Better" keeper.

Bone in chicken or parts thereof (you can use left over carcass, smoked is fine or raw pieces with bones)
water to cover chicken
one onion chopped
one stalk of celery chopped
one carrot chopped
broken Fettuccini noodles (2" pieces or so)
1/2 block of cream cheese
parsley
salt and pepper to taste

Bring to boil, cook until any remaining meat is off the bones or the raw pieces are done. Remove the bones and break chicken meat into pieces. Bring liquid back to a boil and add noodle pieces, cream cheese and parsley. If you like the taste of fresh parsley add it towards the end. Dry is fine for this too.

Feel Better Sooner!!!

[Troutman]

I loves me some chicken soup CSQ. Reminds me of my sick days in bed and me old mom feeding me that heavenly broth .....

[CandySueQ]

It's the bones that make it all better! I had the crud all last weekend, my 90 year old Dad has it now. Making this tonight. Leftover Turkey carcass works too.

[Skip]

Thanks CandySueQ . A person can never have too many soup recipes. Biscuits would go good with soup--mainly because I like to make them.

[Sgt Tyree]

CandySueQ : Thanks for this. Was just looking for a chicken soup recipe this morning that I could control the sodium with. I'm a little stumped by the cream cheese as an ingredient though. What does it do for the recipe?

[HouseHomey]

CSQ me too stumped on the cream cheese but it makes a lot of other things rich, smooth, stable and creamy. Why not soup? Is the cream cheese a regional thing?

point of clarification: bring back to boil, and add cream cheap cheese along with others listed. Will the cheese break? I guess we are just cooking the noodles atbthat point right?

no matter, I'm gonna make it! Sounds delicious!
Thank you
Erik

Skip. I'm thinking a crusty buttered and seasoned baguette. Yum.

[CandySueQ]

You're right, only the noodles are cooking. Cream cheese doesn't break. Stir frequently and monitor noodles for doneness. Baguette has my vote!

[DWCowles]

Thanks for the recipe CandySueQ Cheers!

[Attjack]

Was eating homemade chicken soup when I read this. I added crème fraîche in place of cream cheese and cilantro instead of parsley since it's what i had on hand. Soup got instantly better!

[fzxdoc]

Creme cheese must be CandySueQ 's secret ingredient for chicken soup. I may give it a try. Thanks, CSQ.

Kathryn

[jlazar]

Thanks for the recipe CandySueQ . I'll be it is great with a leftover turkey carcass also.

[CandySueQ]

No, cream cheese doesn't break. Don't know why! I usually use the Neu-whatever stuff that's less fat, but regular works just fine too. It thickens it a bit and adds a creamy richness to the broth. Discovered the cream cheese trick with a pot of chicken chili where I forgot to bring the cream but had a block of cream cheese. Added it to a pot of potato leek soup the other day too. 5 ingredients, leeks, potatoes, chunk of ham, cream cheese, water, add heat then season to taste.