Our Favorite Chicken Soup this Winter
Ingredients
- 11 cups Water
- 4-5 Chicken Thighs or Breast
- 6 Garlic Cloves, minced
- 1 Medium Potato, peeled and diced
- 1-2 Carrots shredded, or peeled and chopped
- 1/3 cup Cilantro
- 1/2 cup Sofrito
- 1 tsp Oregano
- 1 tsp Garlic Salt
- 1 tsp Sazon
- 1 tbsp Cumin
- 1 1/2 tbsp Adobo
- 1 cube Chicken Bullion
- 1 cup Soup Noodles
Instructions
- First take your chicken (this could be thighs or breast, but thighs have more flavor), clean, and season with about 1.5 tbsp of Adobo and 1 tbsp of cumin. Set this aside in a bowl.
- For this recipe, I recommend taking the time to make your own chicken stock vs just pouring in broth that is pre-manufactured. It will not take a long time, and the flavor is worth the additional wait. To do this, take a stock pot or I recommend using a dutch oven, and pour in 10 cups of water. Bring this to a boil.
- Once your water has come to a boil, reduce the heat, and place your seasoned chicken in the pot, and allow this to boil for about 1 hour. During this time, check on your chicken periodically in case any fat or foam renders to the top. You can remove this with a spoon.
- After an hour, your chicken will be very tender. Remove the chicken from the pot and pull off any skin or fat. Once you have just the meat, shred your chicken and return it to the pot. You can discard the fat and bones.
- Next you can add your seasonings and a few vegetables. Add 1 chicken bullion cube, 1 tsp sazon, 1 tsp garlic salt, 1 tsp oregano, 1/2 cup sofrito, 6 garlic cloves, minced,1-2 carrots shredded, or peeled and chopped, and 1/3 cup cilantro. Stir these ingridients around, allow them to cook with the chicken for about 30 more minutes, or until the carrots are tender. Can you imagine how amazing your kitchen is going to smell!? We recommend not adding the potatoes or pasta yet so these cook rather quickly.
- Once the carrots are tender, add 1 cup of diced potatoes. Allow these to cook for about 10 minutes.
- Once your potatoes are cooked, you can now add in your 1 cup of soup noodles. Once your noodles are al dente, your soup will be ready to eat! Serve and garnish with more cilantro or an avocado. ¡Que Rico! Enjoy!
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