For those that don’t know, Yoda is our beagle. While she didn’t do the actual cooking, I can attest that she was underfoot for the entire process.
Prep Time:20-30 minutes
Cooking Time:45 minutes
Ingredients
1 whole Roasted Chicken
1 bag of Gnocchi
Soup Base
4 T Butter
½ C Chopped Onions
½ C Chopped Celery
½ C Chopped Carrots
½ C Flour plus 1 T Flour
1 Pint Whole Milk
6 Cups Chicken Stock
1 heaping spoonful of Better Than Bouillon Chicken
1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
2 tablespoon Parmesan Cheese
2 spoonful Pimento
Spice Mixture
1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
1 teaspoon Onion Powder
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Old Bay
½ teaspoon Pepper
½ teaspoon Paprika
½ teaspoon Celery Seed
½ teaspoon Dried Parsley
¼ teaspoon Thyme
Steps
1. Shred the chicken. Separate dark meat from the white meat into different bowls.
2. Combine all spice mixture ingredients into a bowl, put aside.
3. For soup base, start by melting butter. Add onions, celery and carrots and cook for 10 minutes.
4. Add flour and stir until flour is absorbed. Flour may take on a sand like appearance.
5. Add milk and whisk mixture until it thickens.
6. Add 2 C Chicken Broth. Str until broth is combined into the mixture.
7. Add Better Than Bouillon Chicken. Str until it is combined into the mixture.
8. Add 2 C Chicken Broth. Str until broth is combined into the mixture.
9. Add Spice Mixture ingredients. Stir until it is combined with the mixture.
10. Remove 2 C of Soup Mixture. Blend remaining soup until smooth. Add 2 C of Soup Mixture back to pot.
11. Add 2 C Chicken Broth. Str until broth is combined into the mixture.
12. Add Parmesan Cheese. Str until it is combined into the mixture.
13. Add Lemon Juice. Str until it is combined into the mixture.
14. Add Pimento. Stir until it is combined into the mixture.
15. Add Dark Chicken Meat.
16. Cook soup for 20 minutes on low.
17. While soup is cooking, prepare Gnocchi. In a pan, fry Gnocchi. After browned, put Gnocchi in a separate bowl.
Serving
1. Place white chicken meat in soup bowl.
2. Add warm soup.
3. Add Gnocchi.
