Reform Jewish Penicillin

By nanasally4

Ingredients

• 3 pounds chicken wings, or a mixture of wings and thighs
• 2 quarts water (or to cover the chicken and vegetables)
• 2 carrots (My husband likes to eat the soup carrots so I peel them first.)
• 2 onions, quartered
• 2 parsnips
• 2 stalks celery, preferably with leaves
• A big handful of fresh parsley
• 4 cloves of garlic, lightly smashed
• 1 tablespoon kosher salt
• 1/2 pound fine egg noodles
• 1 cup finely chopped tomatoes (It’s winter; I use Pomi or Muir Glen)
• 1 small sweet onion, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup finely chopped Italian parsley
• 1/3 cup good olive oil
• 1/4 cup sherry or red wine vinegar
• 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

Details

Servings 4
Adapted from food52.com

Preparation

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When I was growing up, my mother called chicken soup “Jewish Penicillin.” We think of it as the cure for the common cold. Chicken noodle soup is great comfort food, and every Jewish cook has her own best version. Around here (Long Island, NY), it’s made so specifically that our grocery stores carry packaged vegetables and herbs that are called “soup greens.” I think of them as the cake mix of vegetables. If you put them in a big pot with some chicken, water and salt, you’re making home made soup.

Recently I’ve been cooking through the wonderful cookbook “Gran Cocina Latina” by Maricel Presilla. One of the most interesting dishes I made was a rather bland chicken and vegetable stew that was brought alive by the addition of Patagonian Pebre Sauce with Merken, a tomato-onion condiment enhanced with a spicy smoked paprika made by the Mapuche Indians in southern Chile. What I loved about the condiment was that you could add it according to your individual taste. So when my husband had a bad cold, and I made his favorite chicken noodle soup, I stirred a little Pebre sauce into mine, and wow, it was a different soup. The chicken soup part is adapted from my husband’s way of making chicken soup (which he learned from his Yiddish-speaking mother), and the Pebre sauce is lightly adapted from “Gran Cocina Latina.”

WHAT: A comforting chicken soup with the boldest stir-in you'll ever meet.

pounds chicken wings, or a mixture of wings and thighs

Put everything except the noodles in a big soup pot over medium-high heat. Bring it to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for about 2 hours, periodically skimming off any foam and debris that rise to the surface.

Make the sauce, below, while the soup is, as we say, souping. Refrigerate it so that the flavors can meld together.

Remove the chicken and vegetables. Reserve chicken, onions and carrots (if desired), and bring broth to boil again until it is reduced by about 1/3. (This will concentrate the flavors.) Taste and add salt and pepper as desired.

Take the chicken meat off the bones, and discard the bones. Cook the noodles according to the package instructions. Ladle soup into a bowl, and add in some shredded chicken, a carrot, some onion and the noodles.

Mix everything together. Taste it, and adjust seasoning as desired. (It will keep in the refrigerator for about a week, but bring it to room temperature before serving.) Stir a tablespoon or two into the chicken noodle soup. Get well soon!

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I take it you had a hip replacement? My husband had his done in Jan. he was back playing tennis and golf by the end of Feb. his was posterior. In the hospital for only two full days. Great surgeon. A lot of good ones down here in the Naples, Fl. Area.

I know I will like it. Just will have to find the time to make it. Now no comments. I am retired. But I play lots of tennis and occasional golf. Then there are happy hours. Well you get the picture. But I do love, love food. I having been trying now to find the time to make my friend's recipe for macaroni/cheese. The air conditioning unit finally bit the dust and now getting new unit hopefully tomorrow. Way to hot to cook. The fans work really well. But pizza is calling out our names.

Hi everyone! I've been recovering from hop replacement surgery this week, so I haven't been able to respond to all your comments, but I want to let you know how much I've appreciated all your kind words, and how much fun it was to be a finalist again. While I think the better soup won, it really made my week to be up there for consideration, and I hope you try this dish and enjoy it. Love and gratitude always for this wonderful community. XO

Ok, sorry that was hip replacement. Oops!

I hope your recovery is as smooth as it was for a close friend of mine who had hip replacement surgery a couple of years ago. Hopefully you've had some of this soup nearby :-) Take care or yourself drbabs - and I've got your wonderful soup on my list to make!

I may have to make this, perfect weather for soup!

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