Chicken stock to soup

r.a.i.n.b.o.w

thriftlady wrote: »

Weird Wonder what's up with it your end?

Dunno, I've had this problem since I joined

Penelope_Penguin

r.a.i.n.b.o.w wrote: »

(Sorry if I've put this in the wrong place or there's already threads about this - I can't get the search to accept "CHICKEN SOUP" as a complete phrase rather than CHICKEN (or) SOUP, if you see what I mean...)

Don;t know why that happened There are plenty of threads with chicken and/or soup in the title I'll add this to the main thread to give you more ideas

Penny. x

muskoka

I throw anything in the pot, chicken, veg, onion, stock cube/s, BUT I always throw in a little of 'Soup & Broth Mix' - Its a dried mix of pearl barley, yellow split peas, green split peas, marrowfat peas and red split lentils in (I soak them overnight though) and cook it on the hob for a couple of hours - grown up son loves it! (Just like nanny made):o

Soup & broth mix cost peanuts in grocery store & 500gm bag of it lasts for ages & ages & ages

twoflower169

can I just ask a quick question?

I did my first chicken stock today following a basic recipe in the "Gastronomy Economy" book and it said to cook on a simmer for about 45mins I actually done it for about an hour, but having read this thread I see its supposed to be like jelly, its wasn't it was liquid and I put it all in the freezer and a little in the fridge to make a soup out of, will this still be ok? Will the soup I make be ok?
I hope I haven't wasted my time and my wilted veg!

In future I will put it in slow cooker over night.

kemo_2002

my mum makes the nicest homemade soup so i thought i would follow her instructions:

I boiled the chicken bones with some meat left on them for about 20 minutes, i then drained it to leave the liquid and topped it up with hot water.

I added my potatoes and chicken stock (one of those posh ones off the tele) then i added the chickn back in to warm up and thicken with corn flour.

Looked hte same as my mum, but it tasted of nothing! so bland! i was horrible!

zippychick

kemo_2002 wrote: »

my mum makes the nicest homemade soup so i thought i would follow her instructions:

I boiled the chicken bones with some meat left on them for about 20 minutes, i then drained it to leave the liquid and topped it up with hot water.

I added my potatoes and chicken stock (one of those posh ones off the tele) then i added the chickn back in to warm up and thicken with corn flour.

Looked hte same as my mum, but it tasted of nothing! so bland! i was horrible!

What about seasoning? Have you asked your Mum if there was any vital step you missed out?

kemo_2002

yeah! she said it sounded right - the only thing we did diff was she said she kept topping up the water as it evoprated and i just topped it up at the end, do you think this is why?

Im now left with a massive batch of bland soup :S

zippychick

Hard to say - maybe it just diluted the flavour b eing all in one? Am not sure...... Maybe you added too much water and diluted it too much?

If it was me, i would take upon myself to add things for flavour and totally reinvent it. What veg have you got?

Penelope_Penguin

kemo_2002 wrote: »

my mum makes the nicest homemade soup so i thought i would follow her instructions:

I boiled the chicken bones with some meat left on them for about 20 minutes, i then drained it to leave the liquid and topped it up with hot water.

I added my potatoes and chicken stock (one of those posh ones off the tele) then i added the chickn back in to warm up and thicken with corn flour.

Looked hte same as my mum, but it tasted of nothing! so bland! i was horrible!

I'd have cooked the bones for longer and not added more water until I'd tasted the soup. Tell me why you added chicken stock - wasn;t that what you were making from the bones?

I'd have left out the cornflour; potato will be enough thickening.

How about adding a ,ittle salt and pepper to taste?

Penny. x

billieboy_2

Quote>I added my potatoes and chicken stock (one of those posh ones off the tele)< Do you mean that you added a stock cube? I would have thought that would have given flavour. I don't use stock cubes in mine though.

Would definitely need salt and pepper and I would have cooked for longer. I do mine in the pressure cooker for 40 mins. Perhaps there was too much water? HTH and don't give up!;)