Simple Chicken Soup
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Ingredients
- 3 lb chicken, whole
- 4 carrots, halved
- 4 stalks celery, halved
- 1 large onion, halved
- 1 tsp chicken bouillon granules (optional)
- water to cover
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Put the chicken, carrots, celery and onion in a large soup pot and cover with cold water. Heat and simmer, uncovered, until the chicken meat falls off of the bones (skim off foam every so often).
- Take everything out of the pot. Strain the broth. Pick the meat off of the bones and chop the carrots, celery and onion.
- Season the broth with salt, pepper and chicken bouillon to taste, if desired. Return the chicken, carrots, celery and onion to the pot, stir together, and serve.