Name: Not My Mother’s Chicken Soup
Ingredients: 1 Whole rotisserie chicken- meat only (discard skin & bones); 2 bags of carrots cut into 1-inch chunks; 1 onion cut into quarters; 3 sticks of celery; 7 TBS chicken stock/consommé powder; 14 cups of water

Ready for the BEST and EASIEST chicken soup you’ll ever try?

Growing up in a Jewish home chicken soup was the equivalent of penicillin.

My mom would boil it for hours and hours and ladle out steaming hot bowls to fix whatever ailment we had. It was a childhood favorite even when no one was sick.

My daughter loves it even more than I did so it’s no surprise that when she got braces she asked me to make a big pot.

Knowing that she was not going to be able to chew for a few days I decided to load the soup with chicken and tons of carrots so it would be a complete meal.

It’s a comforting and satisfying pot of deliciousness to feed a hungry crowd!

I took a shortcut that turned out to be a huge success. I used a store-bought rotisserie chicken. The flavor-packed into the meat resulted in the best soup I have ever made and it required no extra seasoning.

In fact, I get panicked emails from my tribe just before chag checking and rechecking I didn’t make a mistake and that I really use a cooked chicken. They are worried it will be dry. But quite the opposite. It is bursting with juicy flavor.

And to date, I have only received rave reviews from people insisting this is the only chicken soup they will ever make again.

I don’t suggest cutting down the time it boils though. As my mom always says… a good chicken soup takes at least 4 hours.

Wishing you health xxx Chef MM