{"id":216,"date":"2014-02-09T16:36:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T22:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pcandres.com\/?p=216"},"modified":"2015-11-06T15:54:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T21:54:41","slug":"chicken-soup-for-the-heart-and-the-stomach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesoupblog.com\/?p=216","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Soup for the Heart and the Stomach*"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fthesoupblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D216&amp;layout=button_count&amp;show_faces=true&amp;action=like&amp;font=arial&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;width=450&amp;height=30\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width: 450px; height: 30px;\"><\/iframe><\/div><div id=\"attachment_217\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesoupblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Chicken-Blog-Image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217\" class=\"wp-image-217\" title=\"Chicken Blog Image\" src=\"https:\/\/thesoupblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Chicken-Blog-Image-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesoupblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Chicken-Blog-Image-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thesoupblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Chicken-Blog-Image-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Do you feel clucky? Well, do ya, punk?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yes, soup is easy and inexpensive to make.\u00a0 Yes, soup can easily embrace the four food groups in one meal (or all the levels of the food pyramid, if you want to go all Egyptian).\u00a0 Yes, soup can be a delicious platform to feature almost any ingredient you choose.\u00a0 But my favorite thing about soup is that it always has a communal element to it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the great equalizer, feeding us all: from soup kitchen (coincidence? I think not) to suburbia to high society. Soup offers sustenance and, oftentimes, companionship as well.<\/p>\n<p>Most soup recipes produce at least four servings (4-6 being pretty much the standard), a quantity which practically demands that you share it with someone else.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s what this blog is about too.<\/p>\n<p>As people seek to define what\u2019s important to them after the stock market \u201ccorrections\u201d, the Wall Street bailouts, the housing market implosion, the radical downsizing of the workforce (that\u2019s the one for me) or any combination of the above, I\u2019ll be offering up a tureen of soup a week around which folks can gather to share a conversation. The dining room table has always been the greatest foundation\u00a0 on which to build a community. All you have to do is open the door and invite people in.\u00a0 Does this extend to the online community?<\/p>\n<p>Well, it\u2019s hard to pass a bowl of soup around the Internet, but sharing is at the heart of all social media.<\/p>\n<p>So, this pot of soup is on me.<\/p>\n<p>Like many people, my first experiences with soup were around a can of Campbell\u2019s Chicken Noodle Soup, hence the recipe in this week\u2019s posting.\u00a0 I think I was around seven.\u00a0 It took me many years to learn how to make that one myself. Why would I? My mom did it better than anyone in the world.\u00a0 (To the other culinarily challenged people (males) out there:\u00a0 You pour the soup into a pot, pour in an empty soup can full of water, heat and serve.)\u00a0 Soup was an all season meal for us. Mostly on weekends. Just like today the heartier soups work better in colder weather while the lighter fresher ones work better when it\u2019s warm.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of techniques worth noting in this recipe include roasting the chicken and saut\u00e9ing the vegetables before putting them into the stock pot.\u00a0 This lets the ingredients maintain their integrity even as they come together to form a larger whole, another kind of culinary community.<\/p>\n<p>Is this soup better than the soup that seven-year-old ate back in the last century?\u00a0 I would say yes, but you\u2019d have to ask him.\u00a0 I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he told you he prefers his mom\u2019s soup.\u00a0 After all food not only fills our stomachs, it fills our hearts too.<\/p>\n<p>So who\u2019re you going to believe\u2014a grown man or some punk kid?<\/p>\n<p>Good answer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Phillip Campbell\u2019s Chicken Noodle Soup<\/strong><br \/>\n(serves 4-6, go figure)<br \/>\n1 pound chicken (skinless thighs or breasts) , diced<br \/>\n1 cup carrots, sliced<br \/>\n1 cup celery, sliced<br \/>\n1 cup onions, chopped<br \/>\n1 tablespoon olive oil<br \/>\n4 cups chicken stock<br \/>\n\u00bc cup parsley<br \/>\n2 tablespoon thyme<br \/>\n4 ounces fettuccini<br \/>\nSalt &amp; pepper, to taste<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Season chicken with salt and pepper then roast in a 350\u00b0F oven until just firm (around 20 minutes).\u00a0 Set aside to cool before cutting into small cubes (aka dicing).<\/li>\n<li>Heat olive oil in a 3-quart pot over medium heat, then add the carrots, celery and onions and saut\u00e9 until tender (about 5 minutes), stirring occasionally.<\/li>\n<li>Return chicken to the pot, add stock, parsley, thyme, salt and pepper and bring to a boil.<\/li>\n<li>Break fettuccini into quarters (bite-sized pieces), add to soup, cover and simmer for about an hour.\u00a0 The longer the better.<\/li>\n<li>Serve with salad and French bread, or, if you\u2019d prefer, saltines.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>(Disclosure:\u00a0 I am not related to the Campbell\u2019s brand in any way.\u00a0 My middle name is Campbell, which makes me half Scottish and the target of endless grade school ribbing about Campbell\u2019s Soup.\u00a0 But that\u2019s as far as it goes.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>*<\/strong> Note:\u00a0 Somebody has already trademarked the soul.<\/p>\n<p><em> Image Credit:\u00a0 Caroline Andres, copyright 1997<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Questions? 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