Reviewed: Mar. 3, 2009

Absolutely the best chicken soup base I've ever made! I left out the vegetable oil since the skin seemed to add enough fat on its own. Also added a few more carrots and celery than called for. Made my own "rotisserie" chicken in the crockpot which saved a trip to the store (make three balls of tinfoil and place in the bottom of your crockpot. Rub whole chicken with whatever spices and place on top. Cook on high 4-6 hours depending on size of chicken). Definitely a keeper.

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Gillie A.

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Home Town: Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Living In: Taunton, Massachusetts, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 2, 2009

i just learned about the chicken stock .i freeze it and it stays well.

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gert

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Reviewed: Feb. 27, 2009

This chicken soup base was fairly good, especially for how quick it was, but I found the onions overwhelmed the taste of the chicken. It's not terrible, but I've had better. Next time, I'll cut back to one onion and add more carrots and celery to balance it out.

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Katie

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Reviewed: Feb. 24, 2009

Great basic recipe.

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Mary Thomas

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Reviewed: Feb. 23, 2009

What a great way to stretch a food dollar! I buy a pre-cooked chicken at the grocery store 2 or 3 times/month...I love being able to use "all" of the chicken! We usually eat the chicken, I reserve the carcass/skin in a plastic bag in the fridge, then the next day pop it on the stove as written to make the delicious broth. Any left over chicken from the night before gets chopped up and added to the broth at the end. Thanks for sharing!

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BIZZYSMOM

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Home Town: Carmichaels, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Suwanee, Georgia, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2009

I used this recipe more as a guideline. What I did was adding 3 frozen chicken breasts with bone and skin in a crockpot with 8 cups of water. I added 1 onion, 3 handfuls of baby carrots, 3 stalks of celery, 1 tsp of poultry seasoning, 1/2 tsp of dried thyme leaves, 2 cloves garlic, a dash of dried basil, and some fresh parsley. I let it cook for 10 hours low in crockpot.

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JOSEPHINE aka SPITFIRE FOODIE

Living In: Kingwood, West Virginia, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2009

Perfect! Have been looking for a recipe close to that I had in Munich. This is as good as it gets!

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Home Town: Waterville, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2009

I tried this recipe because I felt my mom's chicken soup was too bland. She was even there while I prepared it and commented on everything I was doing "wrong". Boy did she eat her words...literally! This was excellent! I used some ideas that other reviewers suggested, and it was excellent. I used 1 large can of low sodium broth, one can of regular, and 1 can of water and put my roasted chicken in it. I didn't sautee the veggies (carrots, onions and celery, I just put them in the broth after I removed the chicken to debone and it was excellent. I LOVED IT!

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dina0610

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Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2009

Excellent start for Homemade Chicken Soup! I loved it, it tasted very good and was easy to do. Will definitely use again.

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Pat

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Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2009

I stopped by my local grocery store late last night, and saw they were selling off rotisserie chickens for a buck a piece. I nabbed the last two. Bargain! Of course, nothing beats homemade chicken broth, but this was a fantastic substitute. I'm not a huge thyme fan so I used an Italian herb blend instead. I also threw in a small diced potato. With some additional seasoning (pepper, a little salt, and garlic powder) this turned out much better than I expected. Next time I'll add pasta and some canned corn to make it even heartier. Thanks!

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Caroline C

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Reviewed: Jan. 31, 2009

Great soup base. I also added some fresh cilantro once was done.

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Fit&Healthy Mom

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Reviewed: Jan. 22, 2009

I have never made homemade chicken soup before! This was excellent. I used the leftovers from a store bought cooked chicken. (About 1/2 the meat was left.) I made the recipe easier for me by just throwing in all of the leftover chicken with the vegetables. I froze the soup base in freezer bags later adding 1 cup extra wide egg noodles to 2 cups frozen soup base. This is great as it is but so many other possiblities are out there!

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Jeanna

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Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2009

What a great way to make "homemade" chicken noodle soup...you'd swear it was made completely from scratch! Everyone I've made it for loves it...I don't think you can mess this one up, even a novice cook can make it easily and will end up with an impressive meal.

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Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2009

I followed the recipe closely, but for some reason the onion taste was overwhelming. I will definitely make this recipe again, but I will probably only use one onion instead of two. Loved the broth!

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Liz Poynter

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Reviewed: Dec. 23, 2008

This was so simple and exceptionally tasty that it will become a staple in my kitchen.

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Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2008

thanks!

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

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Reviewed: Dec. 6, 2008

This is a great recipe! To reduce the sodium I roasted my own chicken and used low sodium broth. We were very pleased.

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Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2008

Super easy, tasty and fast. Thank you I needed it for a sick boyfriend! lol :)

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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2008

YUMMY! this is a great and easy recipe especially for a novice cook like myself.

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Nancyg627

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Reviewed: Nov. 15, 2008

Fantastic. I won't entirely give up on making my own base from scratch because I don't like to waste left over roast chicken, but this is certainly a delicious time saver. It makes homemade soup a lot more convenient which means we'll have it more often.

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