Best Mothers Chicken Soup Jewish Penicillin Recipes

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JEWISH CHICKEN SOUP



Jewish Chicken Soup image

This is a traditional recipe good for anything that ails you. It's the absolute best when you've got the flu, and it's great the second and third day. Note, these matzoh balls are 'sinkers'. These are traditional matzoh balls, as this recipe was passed down from my great-grandmother who needed to make them as heavy as possible to feed a hungry family during lean times. Cut the matzoh meal by 1/2 cup to lighten the load.

Provided by Layla

Categories     Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes     Soup Recipes     Chicken Soup Recipes

Time 4h15m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 whole chicken
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
8 carrots, peeled and sliced
1 parsnip, chopped
3 cloves garlic, crushed
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 bunch fresh dill weed, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
2 ½ cups matzo meal
6 eggs
6 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 teaspoons salt

Steps:

  • Place the chicken into a large pot with the breast side down. Fill with enough cold water to reach about 3 inches from the top of the pot. Add the onion, carrot, parsnip, celery and dill. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, and cook, partially covered for 2 hours. Do not let the soup boil. Skim any fat from the top of the soup, and add the garlic cloves. Partially cover, and simmer for another 2 hours for best flavor.
  • In a medium bowl, mix together the matzo meal, eggs, oil, salt, and 1/4 cup of the broth from the chicken soup. Refrigerate for about 20 minutes to set up.
  • Bring a separate pot of water to a rolling boil. Roll the matzo mixture into about 16 balls. Wet your hands to keep the dough from sticking to them. Drop the balls into boiling water, cover, and cook for about 35 minutes.
  • While the matzo balls are cooking, strain the broth from the chicken soup. Return the broth to the pot. Remove the bones and skin from the chicken and cut into pieces. Return to the soup, or leave the soup as a broth, and reserve the chicken for other uses. Remove the matzo balls from the water, and serve in the hot chicken soup.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 525.2 calories, Carbohydrate 39.5 g, Cholesterol 212.3 mg, Fat 27.2 g, Fiber 2.7 g, Protein 32.1 g, SaturatedFat 6.4 g, Sodium 720.7 mg, Sugar 2.8 g

CLASSIC JEWISH CHICKEN SOUP



Classic Jewish Chicken Soup image

A classic recipe for 'Jewish Penicillin!' Add matzo balls if you wish, or just serve with noodles, fresh bread, or biscuits. This soup is even better reheated the next day!

Provided by Jennifer Feher

Categories     Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes     Soup Recipes     Chicken Soup Recipes

Time 1h30m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 whole chicken, giblets removed
2 large onions, chopped
water to cover
2 tablespoons dried dill weed
2 tablespoons dried parsley
salt and ground black pepper to taste
4 large carrots, peeled and cut into cubes
2 potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes
2 leeks, diced
3 stalks celery, diced
1 large kohlrabi bulb, peeled and diced
3 parsnips, peeled and cut into cubes
2 tablespoons chicken bouillon granules
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Steps:

  • Put chicken in a large pot with the chopped onions. Pour enough water into the pot to cover; add dill, parsley, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer for 45 minutes.
  • Skim and discard any foam from the top of the simmering liquid. Remove chicken to a cutting board. Remove as much meat from the chicken bones as possible; cut into chunks.
  • Return the liquid to a boil. Add carrots, potatoes, leeks, celery, kohlrabi, and parsnips to the boiling liquid. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Stir cooked chicken chunks and chicken bouillon into the mixture. Season again with salt and pepper. Cook until the chicken is hot, about 5 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 200 calories, Carbohydrate 21.2 g, Cholesterol 48 mg, Fat 4.7 g, Fiber 4.8 g, Protein 18.5 g, SaturatedFat 1.2 g, Sodium 283.3 mg, Sugar 5.5 g

CHICKEN SOUP (((JEWISH PENICILLIN)))



Chicken Soup (((Jewish Penicillin))) image

This recipe was developed by my grandmother, Anna Buhal'tsev Bell Mersky, and then slightly improved by my mother, Sandy, and it is the MOST AUTHENTIC and BEST recipe for Jewish Chicken Soup that you will ever find. Trust me, it is GREAT!!!

Provided by Alan Leonetti

Categories     Clear Soup

Time 1h25m

Yield 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 whole fresh chicken
2 bunches carrots
2 stalks celery
3 large sweet potatoes
4 medium onions
2 bunches soup greens (anise tops)
1 -2 parsnip
pot stickers (used in place of kreplach)
salt and pepper
garlic granules

Steps:

  • Do not cut up the chicken.
  • Place the whole chicken in a very large pot.
  • Cover chicken with water.
  • Place on high heat and bring to a boil.
  • Cook for 5 minutes.
  • Remove from heat& skim the scum off the top.
  • Slice carrots across into pieces 1/4" thick and place into pot.
  • Slice celery the same as the carrots and place into pot.
  • Quarter onion and place into pot.
  • Peel& quarter the sweet potatoes and place into pot.
  • Cut up parsnips and place into pot.
  • Place the soup greens, which are the tops of anise, into the pot.
  • Discard the actual anise root.
  • Place pot back on the burner on medium-low heat and simmer.
  • Slightly season with salt, pepper and garlic to taste.
  • Cover and continue to simmer until vegetables are tender and the chicken is done and almost falling off the bone.
  • Remove the chicken from the pot and remove all of the chicken from the carcass.
  • Discard the carcass and return the chicken pieces back to the pot.
  • Taste to see if it is seasoned to your liking.
  • If it's not, adjust with more salt, pepper and garlic as needed.
  • Separately boil the pot stickers and then add them to the soup just before serving, or else you can make matzo balls as directed on the box of matzo ball mix, and then add the matzo balls to the soup just before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 467.1, Fat 23.5, SaturatedFat 6.7, Cholesterol 115, Sodium 240.9, Carbohydrate 32, Fiber 6.8, Sugar 11.8, Protein 31.6

MOTHERS CHICKEN SOUP (JEWISH PENICILLIN)



Mothers Chicken Soup (Jewish Penicillin) image

Number Of Ingredients 12

2 PURDUE Oven Stuff Roasters
2 bunches Dill
2 bunches Parsley
12 pieces Large Carrots
1 piece Onion (Sweet or Spanish)
10 pieces Parsnips
2 bunches Scallions
1 piece Leek
1 piece Knob Celery
1 piece Root Parsley
6 stalks Celery
6 cloves Garlic

Steps:

  • Clean Chickens; discard neck, gizzards.
  • In a 20QT. Stock Pot put in chickens (halved) and fill with water until chicken is sufficiently covered.
  • Bring to a slow boil and skim fat.
  • In the meantime; wash, peel and clean all other ingredients.
  • TIE bunches of Parlsey, Dill and Scallions.
  • Put ALL ingredients in POT and bring back to a boil, the lower heat to a steady simmer.
  • Half way through simmer; add seasoning (Salt, Pepper, Oregano).
  • COOK for 3-3.5 hours.
  • LET COOL, remove vegetables. Discard ALL except CARROTS.
  • REMOVE chicken, let cool, pull meat off bones and retain for soup when served.
  • STRAIN SOUP through a fine mesh strainer.

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