Chicken soup recipe needed plz

[Spooncat]

hi

Has any one got a good chicken soup recipe suitable for babies? I've heard its the best thing to keep colds and chest infections away so im keen for kaitlyn to have some - ive looked for a few but most include wine etc ive got some chicken thighs in can i use them also kaitlyn doesnt like noodles or rice so i dont want to add them - hope someone has a recipe
thanks kayx

[Alexanders mummy]

Hi hun just found this online,hope it helps you! Tom Randall's Granny's Chicken Soup Recipe

Tom Randall was a contributor to MadForMountainbiking. I don't know who his granny is but I've tried the recipe a few times after cold rides home and it's great. This recipe is reputedly very good for your immune system - something to do with the high zinc levels.
Ingredients

Quarter of a chicken
2 Pints water/vegetable stock
1 Large leek
1 Onion
Half a cup of round rice
Method

First, boil the chicken for an hour on a very low heat with salt and pepper. Remove the chicken, then add the leek, onion and rice and boil for another 15 minutes.

The chicken meat can be chopped and added to the soup if you wish. It's always guaranteed to get rid of a cold.


Maybe you could take out the rice & add potato?

[vmalzone]

Hi, I usually roast a chicken once a week. We eat it for dinner, then have leftovers, THEN I pick all remaining meat off it, chop and put in fridge. I take the bones and the skin (I know it's fatty, but it adds heaps of flavour) and cover with water. I throw in a couple of chopped carrots, some whole peppercorns (like 7 or 8), a couple of bay leaves, an onion cut in half, some chopped celery and many, many cloves of garlic. (Last week, like ten. You can even use a whole head.) You bring it to a boil, skim off the foam, return to boil, skim again. Then simmer for several hours. Drain and put the broth in a shallow, big bowl in the fridge overnight. In the a.m., take out the broth and skim off the hardened fat. When you're ready to make the soup, return the broth to the pan. Add some cubed carrot and some finely chopped celery. simmer until carrot and celery are soft. Add the reserved chicken meat, return to a simmer and simmer for five minutes more. I usually buy Manishevitz (probably spelling this brand wrong) fine egg noodles, cook them separately and stir in at the end, though you could leave these out. If you are using to treat a bad chest, then use a garlic press to add a couple cloves of garlic when you add the chicken.

Myles has been eating this for lunch for the past three days. He loves it. I strain out the noodles/chicken/veg and let him eat that with his hands. I cool the remaining broth and let him drink it from his doidy cup.

If you want to serve it to adults, you should add salt and more ground pepper after you set aside the baby's portion. Also, if you add some Kallo low salt stock cube, it makes it nicer for adults. I add a pinch to a pint, and maybe half a cube to two quarts of broth. Chicken soup can be bland. But I usually leave out the stock cube if it's just for the baby.

Hope that helps.

xx