{"id":2340,"date":"2015-08-08T12:42:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T19:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2015-08-08T12:42:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T19:42:55","slug":"chicken-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/?p=2340","title":{"rendered":"Chicken soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Basic chicken soup:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 onion, chopped<\/li>\n<li>2-3 large carrots, diced<\/li>\n<li>2-3 stalks celery<\/li>\n<li>chicken stock (appx 3 quarts)<\/li>\n<li>chicken pieces (whatever you have)<\/li>\n<li>1 T. poultry seasoning\u00a0 &#8211; or &#8211;\u00a0 2 tsp. ground sage, 1 tsp thyme<\/li>\n<li>1 T. parsley flakes (optional)<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp Rosemary (crushed)<\/li>\n<li>Salt &amp; Pepper to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saute onion, celery &amp; carrot until soft, onions translucent.\u00a0 Add the stock &amp; chicken, then seasonings.\u00a0 Simmer for at least 30 minutes to integrate the flavors. Taste and evaluate need for more salt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Variations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0 Chicken &amp;\u00a0 Dumpling Soup &#8211; see <a title=\"Dumplings\" href=\"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/?p=2342\">dumpling recipe<\/a>&#8230;.Dumplings are added AFTER the soup is otherwise done.\u00a0 Continue to simmer until dumplings are done.<\/p>\n<p>2) Chicken Vegetable Soup &#8211; add cubed vegetables until soup is the consistency you enjoy. Simmer until vegetables are fully cooked.<\/p>\n<p>3) Chicken &amp; Barley\u00a0 or Chicken Rice &#8211; usually 1 to 1 &amp; 1\/2 cups depending on how much other stuff is in there and how thick you want it.\u00a0 I have used wild rice blend or brown rice.\u00a0 Simmer until fully cooked.\u00a0 Another option is making it a &#8220;cream of&#8221; chicken barley or rice soup&#8230; Once its pretty much done, the rice is fully cooked and has added all the thickness its gonna, either just add cream, or if need additional thickening, make a Roux with melted butter and flour (start with about a tablespoon of each) in a separate pan, cook for a minute or two then add milk or cream to that, mix together to form a pudding or thick gravy consistency, then add to the simmering soup, stir in well and simmer another 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basic chicken soup: 1 onion, chopped 2-3 large carrots, diced 2-3 stalks celery chicken stock (appx 3 quarts) chicken pieces (whatever you have) 1 T. poultry seasoning\u00a0 &#8211; or &#8211;\u00a0 2 tsp. ground sage, 1 tsp thyme 1 T. parsley flakes (optional) 1 tsp Rosemary (crushed) Salt &amp; Pepper to taste Saute onion, celery &amp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2340"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2346,"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2340\/revisions\/2346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gourmet.mygreatvet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}