How to Make Chicken Soup From Leftover Chicken

Using up leftovers is a creative process, and can be fun. If you disguise leftovers so the kids don't know they are leftovers, you are ahead of the game. Here is a simple way to make delicious chicken soup with leftover chicken pieces.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Leftover chicken, preferably a chicken carcass from a roast chicken dinner.
• Baby carrots
• Bay leaves
• Seasoned salt
• Ground thyme
• Marjoram
• Fresh parsley
• Rice or noodles
• One can of green beans
• One can of corn
• A large stockpot

1. Place leftover chicken pieces in a large stockpot and cover with water. Add two bay leaves, and one teaspoon each of marjoram and thyme.
2. Cook down until the meat falls off the bones. Pick out the bones and leave the meat in the broth.
3. Add one and a half teaspoon of seasoned salt and the baby carrots. Cook for about 20 minutes or until the carrots are almost done.
4. Finely chop the fresh parsley and add, along with the corn and green beans. Cook for another ten minutes.
5. Add either 1/2 cup of rice or 1/2 bag of noodles. Cook until rice or noodles are soft.
6. Taste the broth and adjust the spices accordingly.

Tips & Warnings

• Lawries Seasoned Salt works best.
• Make sure you get all the bones out of the broth.