Super Healthy Super Easy Homemade Chicken Soup

SUPER healthy, SUPER easy Homemade Chicken Soup

We all have our favorite recipes that have been passed down from one generation to the next. For some of you it may be your grandmother's pumpkin pie at the Holidays, for others it may be your great aunt's sweet potato casserole. For me, it's my Grandmother's Chicken Soup. I have fond memories of walking into her kitchen to the aromatic smell of it simmering on the stove. It's was the ultimate comfort food for me as a child and it remains so today.  Anytime anyone in my house was coming down with a cold, this soup was whipped up quickly. 

There is SO much flavor in this soup...I think the bay leaves are the ticket (just don't forget to take them out before spooning out a big bowl!)

I have probably made this soup 100 times (no exaggeration!) and it never disappoints! In fact...it has even been known to lessen the severity of cold and flu symptoms!! ENJOY!!

Over the years I've tweaked it just a little, by replacing a whole chicken with breasts and thighs with the bones left in. 

Ingredients:

4 skinless chicken breasts, bone in

4 skinless chicken thighs, bone in

8 cups of water

2 cans organic low sodium chicken broth

16 oz portabella mushrooms, sliced

1 onion, chopped

2 garlic cloves, minced

5 large carrots, sliced

8 stalks of celery, sliced

6 bay leaves

1 heaping T dried parsley OR 3 heaping T fresh parsley/chopped

1 T black pepper

Sea Salt to taste

Directions:

Bring water and broth to a boil in a big soup pot.

Add the chicken, bay leaves and parsley. Cover and slow cook until chicken is tender and falling off the bone (about 45 minutes or so)

Once the chicken is cooked, remove from the water and let cool in colander.  

Once the chicken is cool enough to handle, shred into small pieces and add back to water. 

Add all the veggies and cook about 2 hours until the veggies are tender and all the flavors have blended together. 

This recipe makes a big pot but this soup always tastes amazing the next day and freezes well!! 

Recently, I mentioned this soup on Facebook and received rave reviews. A lot of people were asking for the recipe so, I thought my blog followers would like it too.