Mother's Cream of Chicken Soup
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 19
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 5 cups chicken stock
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3 cloves garlic, minced (as always more is better)
- 1 medium onion, cut ino 1/2 inch dice
- 6 stalks asparagus, carefully rinsed,stems pared,cut into 1/2 inch dice (about 8 ounces)
- 1 stalk celery, trimmed,cut into 1/2 inch dice
- 1 carrot, pared,cut into 1/2 inch dice
- 1 baking potato, pared cut into 1/2 inch dice (about 8 ounces)
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme, crumbled
- 3 bay leaves
- 3 1⁄2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups milk
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1⁄2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- salt
- fresh ground pepper
- minced fresh parsley
- minced fresh chives
- minced fresh rosemary
directions
- Make chicken stock.
- Melt butter in large heavy saucepan over medium-high heat.
- When foam subsides, add garlic; saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Add onion, asparagus, celery, carrot, potato, thyme and bay leaves; cook stirring frequently, until onion is softened but not browned, about 5 minutes.
- Add flour, stirring until well mixed.
- Add 5 cups chicken stock, the milk, cream and nutmeg; heat to boiling.
- Reduce heat to low; simmer, uncovered, 40 minutes, skimming off any foam that rises to top.
- Remove saucepan from heat; discard bay leaves.
- Transfer 3 cups of soup, with vegatbles, to blender; blend on low sped to coarse puree.
- Return puree to saucepan, stir to combine.
- Heat soup until hot; season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Ladle soup into warmed soup bowls, garnish each serving with parsley, chives and rosemary.
- Serve immediately.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Chef Boy of Dees
Las Vegas, NV
My spousal unit and I live in Mesa Arizona and love the heck out of it. I was trained in Culinary Arts and Restaurant Management but due to disability am unable to pursue that career. I enjoy cookbooks, cooking websites, cooking magazines (Taste of Home, etc.). I have many cookbook gleaned from the shelves of used book stores and from church bake sales. I have also placed all my recipes on a disc and probably have 1000s myself. My wife is GREATLY disappointed that I wont let her cook. (She says I let her cook...I just won't eat anything she makes!) The picture on my icon is of my Great Zeyda "Wolf" Ginsberg who was known as the "Rabbi of Des Moines". This was a very old picture taken with a camera using flash powder for lighting. The couple in Renaissance garb is me and my DG. This is our wedding picture and the "wench" sitting down is "My Yiddishe Mama"