Sickbed Chicken Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 small whole chicken, skin on
• 3 small turnips, peeled and cut into medium chunks
• 1 yellow onion, cut into chunks
• 3 carrots, peeled and cut into slices
• 1/4 teaspoon celery seed
• 4 stalks celery, cleaned and cut into pieces
• 5 stalks parsley (fresh, no leaves! they will be removed but add great flavour masha allah)
• 2 1/2-3 quarts water
• sea salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, just a little bit

Recipe

• 1 put everything into the pot with about 2 1/2 quarts or more of water to cover chicken.
• 2 simmer and skim until no scum remains.
• 3 reduce heat, partially cover and cook at a low simmer until done.
• 4 remove parsley stalks.
• 5 you may wish to cool the soup and remove the fat from the top. i did not and it was still very good but my chicken was not fatty.
• 6 remove skin and de-bone the chicken breasts and add the meat in chunks to the soup. (dh doesn't like the dark meat added).
• 7 add sea salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste.
• 8 i hope it makes you feel better!