Chicken Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 lbs chicken parts
• 3 carrots, diced
• 3 celery ribs, diced
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 leek
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 bunch parsley
• 8 cups water
• 1 teaspoon cumin powder
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder
• salt

Recipe

• 1 brown the chicken parts in a skillet. remove to a large soup pan.
• 2 brown the carrots, celery, onion and garlic then add to the chicken parts.
• 3 cut the leek in two. wrap the green leek leaves around the part of the leek, the bay leaf and the parsley.
• 4 secure with a rubber band and add to the chicken and vegetables. pour the water over all.
• 5 bring to a boil.
• 6 reduce heat and allow to simmer at least 1 hour 15 minutes.
• 7 skim the foam as necessary.
• 8 remove pot from heat and take the chicken out of the soup. remove meat from bones and skin and shred.
• 9 return the meat to the soup and heat through.
• 10 add the cumin, coriander and salt.