Maurice Sendak wrote a delightful book about chicken soup with rice. Here is our favorite January recipe:
Ingredients
Serves 8
- 1 whole chicken (3 to 4 pounds), skin removed
- 1 1/2 pounds (9 to 10 medium) carrots, peeled and halved crosswise
- 1 pound (5 to 6 medium) parsnips, peeled and halved crosswise
- 4 celery stalks, thinly sliced crosswise
- 2 large onions (about 1 pound), , halved and sliced
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 garlic cloves, smashed
- 1 tablespoon whole peppercorns
- Coarse salt
- 1 1/2 cups long-grain white rice
- 6 scallions, white and green parts separated and thinly sliced
Directions
- In a large soup pot, combine chicken, carrots, parsnips, celery, onions, bay leaves, garlic, peppercorns, and 1 teaspoon coarse salt. Add water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium. Simmer partly covered, occasionally skimming and discarding fat from surface, about 1 hour.
- With a slotted spoon or tongs, remove chicken, carrots, and parsnips from pot; set aside. Pour remaining contents of pot through a fine-mesh sieve into another large pot; discard solids, and bring broth to a boil. Add rice and white part of scallions. Reduce heat to medium, and simmer, uncovered, until rice is tender, about 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, remove chicken from bones, and shred into bite-size pieces (discard any fatty or discolored parts). Cut carrots and parsnips into bite-size pieces. When rice is cooked, return chicken, carrots, and parsnips to broth in pot; add green part of scallions. Season generously with 5 to 6 teaspoons coarse salt. (To freeze, see note.)
From Everyday Food, October 2006
It was so cold, but Adam enjoyed the snow.
Besides the party, our favorite memories were sledding with Cameron and visiting Temple Square.
