Chicken Soup (Caldo de Pollo)

This caldo de pollo is mad efor the picky eaters. I don't like carrots or celery so i chop them really little to add flavor but not take away from the soup.

Good

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Clean and chop the chicken into bite size pieces. Season with salt, pepper, old bay and other seasonings if you want.

Step 2

Chop the veggies(celery, carrots, onion). I sometimes add potato or corn on the cob(cut the cob in half).

Step 3

Add oil to pot and heat up on medium- high. Add the chicken when hot and sear the outside of it a bit(it will finish cooking in the broth). Add vegetables and cook for a few minutes until liquids begin to be released.

Step 4

Add the chicken stock and seasonings to the pot. Followed by adding additional water as needed. I use anywhere from 2 to 4 cups of water depending how many servings you want and how liquidy of a soup you like. Stir and reduce temp to low.

Step 5

At this point you can go ahead and either add rice to the pot or if you don't like mushy rice cook a batch of rice to be served with the soup. I add about 1.5 cups of rice to the pot.