Wedding Soup

Name: Wedding Soup
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 6 h
Yield: 24-48 Bowls, 24-48 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 whole chicken (for soup); 24 cups water; 24 cups chicken broth (Mixed with water); 3 bunches endive; 3 bunches escarole; 1 whole onion, diced; 1 lb carrot, shredded; 1 1/2 lbs meatballs (use your own recipe); 2 eggs; 1/4 cup parsley; salt and pepper

Submitted by Ursie

"A tasty Chicken soup like nothing you've ever tasted.Popular in the Cleveland,Pittsburgh and Youngstown area."

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Ready In:: 6hrs
Ingredients:: 11
Yields:: 24-48 Bowls
Serves:: 24-48

ingredients

2 whole chicken (for soup)
24 cups water
24 cups chicken broth (Mixed with water)
3 bunches endive
3 bunches escarole
1 whole onion, diced
1 lb carrot, shredded
1 ¹⁄₂ lbs meatballs (use your own recipe)
2 eggs
¹⁄₄ cup parsley
salt and pepper

directions

Boil chickens in mixture of water and broth until fully cooked, Approximately 2 hours.
Remove chickens from pot.
Skim off excess chicken fat.
Clean meat off bones and place diced up chicken in broth mixture.
Wash and tear up Endive and Escerole and add to broth.
Add diced onion, Parsley and Carrots Cook on med low until endive and escarole are cooked down.
Drop in uncooked mini meatballs (these can be made in advance).
Bring back to boil and cook for another 30 minute.
In a mixing bowl place 2 eggs and beat.
With soup in a rolling boil SLOWLY stir in beaten egg (eggs should string through soup).
Reduce heat to low and simmer for 2 hours.
Salt and Pepper to taste.
Serve topped with fresh grated parmesan cheese.
This soup is even better the second day.

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Reviews

This is THE real wedding soup!!!!

fernecoon
This is a very good soup. I have made it a number of times now. Thank you for sharing this.

Linda R
Pretty good stuff some like it with pastina.

lil lex