Real Old Fashion Chicken Soup

This delicious and healthy chicken recipe is a whole meal in itself. Old fashion chicken soup is one of the best chicken recipes of them all. It is simple to make because you just simmer the ingredients but the beauty of this dish is that the ingredients are all healthy.

Chicken, water, herbs, vegetables, and brown rice are all you need to make this wonderful meal but because it simmers for an hour and all the flavors mingle, this chicken soup recipe tastes divine - certainly much better than anything you could buy in a can does. If you want to make soup the old fashioned way, try out this chicken soup recipe.

This recipe is part of our "Heart Healthy Diet Recipe" series.

Old Fashion Chicken Soup with Rice and Vegetables

Ingredients -

1 roasting chicken
3 quarts water
1/4 bay leaf
Salt to taste
1 stalk celery with leaves
2 sprigs parsley
1 cup raw brown rice
3 peppercorns
4 cubed carrots
2 cloves pressed into 1 peeled onion

Preparation:

Rinse the chicken in cold water and place it in a big pot with the water, bay leaf, parsley, and peppercorns. Bring to the boil and skim to top to remove foam. Turn down the heat and add the carrots, onion, celery, and onion.

Cover and simmer for an hour or until the chicken is tender. Skim the fat from the top and remove the chicken. Take out the onion, celery, and bay leaf. Put the rice into the broth and simmer until soft. Remove the chicken from the bone and cut it into small pieces, then return it to the broth and heat for 20 minutes.

(Serves 12)

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Old Fashion Chicken Soup with Rice and Vegetables

Nutritional Info:

Calories (kcal): 147
% Calories from Fat: 20.6%
% Calories from Carbohydrates: 45.4%
% Calories from Protein: 34.0%

Per Serving Nutritional Information:

Total Fat (g): 3g 5%
Saturated Fat (g): 1g 4%
Monounsaturated Fat (g): 1g 5%
Polyunsaturated Fat (g): 1g 4%
Cholesterol (mg): 33mg 11%
Total Carbohydrate (g): 17g 6%
Dietary Fiber (g): 2g 8%
Protein (g): 13g 25%
Sodium (mg): 55mg 2%
Potassium (mg): 282mg 8%
Calcium (mg): 46mg 5%
Iron (mg): 2mg 9%
Zinc (mg): 1mg 9%
Vitamin C (mg): 17mg 29%
Vitamin A (i.u.): 7300IU 146%
Vitamin A (r.e.): 733 1/2RE 73%
Vitamin B6 (mg): .2mg 12%
Vitamin B12 (mcg): .1mcg 1%
Thiamin B1 (mg): .1mg 8%
Riboflavin B2 (mg): .1mg 6%
Folacin (mcg): 28mcg 7%
Niacin (mg): 1mg 6%