Norene's Chicken Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 hen (capon or broiler)
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 8 cups water, cold
• 5 large carrots
• 3 stalks celery
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 4 sprigs dill
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 food writer norene gilletz has adapted her grandmother's chicken soup recipe for cooking by microwave.
• 2 in a soup kettle, combine chicken and salted water.
• 3 bring to a boil.
• 4 skim surface.
• 5 add carrots, celery, onion, dill and pepper to the hot broth.
• 6 cover and simmer until meat is tender and vegetables are cooked -- about two hours.
• 7 strain and refrigerate.
• 8 remove the fat that congeals on top and discard.
• 9 serve soup with noodles or rice, cooked separately or in the strained broth.
• 10 microwave method: gilletz prefers this method, because all the ingredients and can be added at once and there is no need to skim the broth.
• 11 in a bowl, pour boiling water over chicken.
• 12 trim off excess fat.
• 13 place chicken in a five-quart microwave-safe casserole.
• 14 cut carrots and celery into chunks.
• 15 add to chicken along with onion, dill and seasonings. cover with water.
• 16 to prevent boiling over, take care water remains 1 1/2 inches below top of the casserole.
• 17 cover casserole and microwave at high (100 %) power for 30 - 35 minutes or until soup is boiling.
• 18 stir.
• 19 simmer at medium power for 25 - 30 minutes.
• 20 let stand covered for 15 - 20 minutes.
• 21 strain soup.
• 22 serve as above.