Alphabet Soup
Source: Recipe from Chef Daniel Orr
Fun for everyone, alphabet pasta is mixed in a hearty chicken soup with celery, leeks, Spanish onion, carrots and herbs and spices. Serve with a Blue's Clues Drink.
Ingredients
Chicken Broth:
5 lbs. chicken bones
2 med. Spanish onions
2 large carrots
2 leeks
3 ribs celery
1 head garlic
1 qt. white chicken stock
1 fresh bay leaf
3 branches thyme
8 black peppercorns
1 whole chicken
Salt and pepper, to taste
Soup:
1 cup chicken broth (above)
1⁄2 cup pulled cooked chicken
1⁄3 cup cooked alphabet pasta
1⁄4 cup diced cooked carrots
1⁄4 cup diced cooked celery
Chopped parsley or dill
Blue’s Clues Drink:
Combine 1 cup grape juice and crushed ice in a cocktail shaker; strain into a blue
sugar-rimmed glass and top with seltzer. Add ice cubes and garnish with 3 blueberries speared on a pick.
Yield: 1 serving.
Steps
- Prepare Broth: Combine all ingredients except whole chicken and salt and pepper with 2 qt. cold water in a stockpot; bring to a boil over med. heat. Skim impurities and add the whole chicken. Return to a boil; reduce heat to a simmer.
- Cover pot and simmer 2 hr., skimming periodically. Season with salt and pepper during the last 30 min. of cooking.
- Remove the whole chicken and cover with plastic wrap. When cool, remove the skin and pull all the meat from the bones.
- Meanwhile, strain broth and adjust seasonings.
- For each serving; Heat 1 cup strained broth with chicken, pasta, carrots, and celery. Sprinkle with parsley or dill.