One Chicken Soup Recipe To Rule All Chicken Soup Recipes
Why is this chicken soup so very excellent? Because it’s creamy! And a little bit dill-y! And, because it’s a TMP chicken soup recipe, it’s Parmesan-y and garlicky! Therefore, it’s extremely extra lovable. Chicken soup is great. We love it. We make it all the time in all of its various forms—classic with noodles, or coconut-y, or with rice, or with white beans—and we love it any which way it’s made. But this creamy chicken soup recipe is our current obsession. The added richness of the milk and butter are just too fantastic. In the colder months, we want things that feel like they’ll really stay with us—warm bowls of creamy, hearty soups we can wrap our cold hands around, bring to our frozen blue lips and sip deeply from to warm from the inside out. This soup hasn’t just been showing up on repeat, it’s on auto-play—it’s easy, comes together quickly and its belovedness is near-universal. Pair it with some crusty bread and hey—dinner’s done. For another riff on this creamy soup, try our deliciously creamy potato soup with bacon and either this creamy chicken and rice soup or classic chicken and rice soup!
Everything You’ll Need To Make This Creamy Chicken Soup Recipe
Just the basics, here! Classic chicken soup ingredient, plus creamy things equals deliciousness. When we say “cooked chicken” we mean all of the meat from a rotisserie chicken OR chicken that you’ve made ahead of time (poached chicken, for example). Here’s everything you’ll need:
Onion
Carrot
Celery
Garlic
Butter
Flour
Chicken stock
Whole milk
Dill
Cooked chicken
Parmesan
How Do You Add Richness to Chicken Soup?
That very question is how we ended up here, with this fabulously creamy chicken soup. We wanted to give our favorite soup a little punch-up, and so we turned to the classic, cream-ifying power of a roux! A roux is a classic technique for thickening soups and sauces, and simply refers to the use of fat and flour together—in this case, butter and flour! Whole milk adds plenty of creaminess, too, and voila! A lovely rich and creamy chicken soup.
How To Make Creamy Chicken Soup
Four simple steps and this easy chicken soup is ready to go!
Sauté onions, carrots, celery. Then, after a few minutes, add the garlic.
Roux time! Stir in the butter and flour, then slowly pour in the stock.
Bring the soup base to a boil and simmer for a few minutes until it has thickened a bit.
Stir in the milk, salt, pepper, dill, chicken and Parmesan.
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Chicken Soup For The Coldest Days
The homey comfort of a bowl of chicken soup is a must for these wintery days, and this chicken soup recipe is just one of many that we cycle through this time of year. If you give it a try, we’d love to know how you and your family enjoyed it! Share a photo and tag us on Instagram using @themodernproper and #themodernproper so that we can see your stuff! Happy eating!
