....Chicken soup is love made visible, it's power may lie in letting a sick person know that matter to someone who cares enough to make them something nourishing and comfortable with their own hands. Soul stirring chicken soup, is Jewish penicillin, from Adeena Sussman who wrote the text for "The Power of Chicken Soup" from Martha Stewart Living.Chicken soup contains an amino acid chemically similar to those in a drug used for bronchitis and respiratory infections. Betacarotene, potassium, and calcium, as well as antioxidants associated with improved health. Soup is a great way to liquid back into your system."
Basic Chicken Soup
Everyone has a personal spin on the recipe here is mines: Chicken, 8 cups of water, the chicken is cooked until it is stewed and falling from the bones, skim foam, add salt. Reduce heat and simmer partially covered for 30 minutes. Remove breasts and set aside. Add carrots simmer particle covered for another 40 minutes. Remove remaining chicken, discard back and wings crosswise 1/4 inches thinly sliced to make 1-cup, 3- medium onions, 4-garlic cloves, 2-celery stalks sliced crosswise are added to the pot. All Soup can be refrigerated up to 3 days or frozen up to 3 months.
