Chicken soup...

[Alto Mare]

Well, the weather has been unbearable here in the northeast. Today we hit 17 and going down to 1 this evening.
There is nothing better than a nice bowl of chicken soup to warm your bones

I cooked this one for 3 hours at medium low heat after the initial boil and added the potatoes 1 hour before done.
My wife likes to cook it 2 hours, but the third hour is when the broth gets darker, I tried but she still does it her way.
Since I'm home today, it is done my way
I also decided to make some screppelle , Dominick was having a hard time with his face to face connection and couldn't get what I was saying.
Time for a new phone Dominick , now you could see what I meant.
Screppelle are similar to crapes, everyone has their own way on how to make them.
I like to make mine this way:
1- 1 egg...I like it light, some put 2
2 - 2cups of flour
3-  a little salt and pepper
4 - a couple of scallions sliced really thin
5-  1 cup of fresh grated Parmigiano Reggiano, I usually get a 10lb chunk from Jetro, which is 1/8 of the wheel, I do that once a month and
     cost me around $70...not bad
6 - about 20 oz of really cold sparkling water, or seltzer, I used seltzer and didn't have to worry about being cold, i had it in the back room .
You want the batter really liquidy. And that's about it. Oh, I like to fry mine with olive oil, not butter

Deboned the chicken and kept the potatoes and carrots, the onion and celery I usually toss.

The broth has been strained. Before my wife gets home I will warm it up, place 2 screppelle in a bowl and add the steaming hot chicken broth over those with a tablespoon of Parmigiano on top.
My assistant didn't move an inch while I was cooking, she knows daddy is cooking today

she gets the scraps on the left, after I clean all the bones.

Bon appetit!...


Stay warm,

Sal

[Reel 224]

Good for the soul, When Ruth makes it with dumplings it is great!

Joe

[thorhammer]

Wow Sal that looks fantastic. I'm in Philly Monday, I may steal your leftovers!

[George6308]

Better not let our mayor see that soup: he may want a soup tax !

[Alto Mare]

Wow Sal that looks fantastic. I'm in Philly Monday, I may steal your leftovers!

John, you're crazy coming in to Philly at this time
Maybe we could meet up, but it will need to be after 6:00pm.

[David Hall]

Warms my soul just reading your post.  This is how it's done fromt the heart.

[STRIPER LOU]

Yup, tough to beat chicken soup in this weather. Sometimes I'll make pasta fagioli on the soupy side and that's good too.

Dog is saying, soup for me please!

have a great evening,  ..  Lou

[swill88]

A crepe soul chicken soup sounds great even in this 63d Calif weather.

[mo65]

   Looks great Sal...a cold weather classic!

[thorhammer]

Sal Check pm

[Dominick]

That was a lousy connection.  Now we have to figure out whether it is my phone your phone or Google does not know what it is doing.    Dominick

[Shark Hunter]

Nice Cookin' Sal.
I had to work today and trim my fingernails.

[foakes]

Looks great, Sal!

Chile Relleno Del Norte!

Best,

Fred

[Bryan Young]

Looks so hook Sal. It's comfort food to me.

[Dominick]

Looks so hook Sal. It's comfort food to me.

Huh! Is that like "cool."    Dominick