Healing Penicillin Chicken Soup
🍲 A warm, soothing bowl of comfort! This Penicillin Soup—aka Grandma’s natural cold remedy—is packed with nutrients, flavor, and love 💛 Perfect for sick days or just soul-soothing comfort. 🧄🌿
Equipment
- Large Pot
- Knife
- Cutting Board
Ingredients
Soup Base
- 1 whole chicken about 3–4 lbs, cleaned
- 10 cups water
- 4 carrots chopped
- 3 celery stalks chopped
- 1 large onion peeled and halved
- 4 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 parsnip chopped
- 1 small piece fresh ginger optional, sliced
- 1 bay leaf
- salt and black pepper to taste
Garnish
- fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- 🫧 Place the chicken in a large pot and cover with water (2 minutes).
- 🧅 Add all vegetables, garlic, ginger, bay leaf, salt, and pepper (5 minutes).
- 🔥 Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 1.5 to 2 hours until chicken is fully cooked and the broth is flavorful (2 hours).
- 🍗 Remove chicken from pot, shred the meat, and discard the bones (10 minutes).
- 🍲 Return shredded chicken to the pot, simmer for another 10 minutes.
- 🌿 Serve hot, garnished with fresh parsley.
Notes
This soup stores well and tastes even better the next day. Freeze leftovers for a ready-to-go remedy.