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# Chicken Soup Secret Recipe

So good, you’ll plotz!

This one uses Better Than Bouillon and is as good or better than anything I’ve ever made from scratch, and takes about an hour.

Even if you always make chicken soup from scratch, you owe it to yourself to try this at least once.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 | Tablespoons per quart water | Better Than Bouillon Chicken Base
3 | Pounds | Boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into ½” x ½” chunks. (bite size, not critical, don’t bother trimming fat)
4 | Stalks | Celery, cut bite-sized, including leafy tops
2 | Small | Yellow onions, peeled, cut bite-sized
4 | Medium | Whole carrots, peeled and sliced into approximately ¼” disks
8 | Cloves | Garlic, smashed, peeled and roughly chopped.
4 | Medium | Parsnips, peeled & cut into bite-size chunks
1/2 | Bunch | Parsley, stems removed, chopped medium-fine
2 |  | Bay Leaves
To taste |  | Fresh Ground Pepper & Salt
Optional |  | Fine Egg Noodles, cooked to directions on bag

Directions:

- Mix 6 Tablespoons of chicken base with 4 quarts of hot water and add to pot.
- Add everything else except the chicken to the pot.
- Slowly bring to a gentle simmer and cook for 30-45 minutes, until the veggies are almost soft.
- Important: Taste it. If it doesn’t taste “chicken-y” enough, add more chicken base. If it’s not salty enough, add salt.
- Add the chicken and cook until the internal temperature of the chicken is about 190°F on an instant-read thermometer.
- Add pepper to taste. It takes quite a bit of pepper. Could easily be 2 tsp or more.
- Optional, but worth the time: Chill overnight and remove fat from surface of soup.
- Serve with Matzo Balls, noodles or dumplings. When reheating, use medium low heat and do not boil.

Serves 6 to 8