[Collegiate Meals] Chicken Soup for the Healthy

Somehow... Somewhere.... Someone decided that chicken soup is for sick people.... you know, heal that cold, heal your soul, cure whatever might be lurking in these con fangled bodies of ours.

What if you're not sick? Well, here's the soup for you ;) Broth lovers need not read any further.

Step 1: Ingridients

Vary the following ingredients as per your taste

Cauliflower
Squash zucchini
Carrot
Celery
Green Onion
Chicken Breasts
Egg Noodles
1 Chicken Bullion Cube per cup of water (or as per bullion directions)
OR Chicken Stock
Butter

Seasonings
Salt
Pepper
Bay Leaf

Other Good Seasonings
Thyme
Parsley
Basil

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Here's what I used

1 Head Cauliflower
1 Squash zucchini
4 Carrots
4 Celery stalks
7 Green Onion shoots
4 Chicken Breasts
16 oz (1lb) Egg Noodles
17 oz Other Noodles
6 Bullions Cubes -- Enough water to fill pot (not exactly proper proportions)
.5 stick Butter

It's a lot of soup :)

Comments

[cowscankill]

I just made some. It is great! And easy for me, a 13 year old, to make :P

[Tobita]

When my mom's working i usually go to the poultry butcher(i live in saudi and so it isn't hard to find one) and i get a whole chicken and take the sinew and skin from the bones, then i bring the water to a boil, snap the bones in half and add it to the water, ad a bit of skin and salt and pepper, along with some bullion cubes and let it simmer for about an hour then add some carrots, celery and any noodles i can find in the pantry. at the end i add the chicken and cook it thoroughly.

[daemon]

Alphabet noodles are perhaps the best noodles around - I make a soup a lot like that but, like Nesagwa said, with low sodium broth. I find that the broth is salty enough on its own and if you add spices like garlic and paprika ...chili powder...(soup with a kick!) it needs even less salt to make it taste yummy. Never thought of green onions, though. Looks great. You're making me hungry.

[supes]

Will try minus the egg noodles and with potatoes. Great as usual though. I like mine like this Mexican restaurant serves..only veggies and chicken...

[ongissim]

Looks delicious!

[Nesagwa]

Id definitely go with Low Sodium Broth if youre really trying to make it healthy(er) and then salt to taste. Bullion is basically just salt cubes and it just doesnt taste as good. Good stuff though. I used to make this kind of thing alot in my first two years of being poor and starving in college. Itll feed you for a week if you keep it right.