Rosol (Polish Chicken Soup)
A weekend Polish dinner. Ready in about 2 hours 25 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.
- 25 minPrep (about)
- 2 hrCook (about)
- 2 hr 25 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- More effortDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 3 chicken legs
Fresh & other
- 2 onions
- 4 carrots
- 1 leek
- 1 celery
- ¼ cabbage
- 1 clove
- 3 sprigs parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
- 3 sprigs dill Shopping tip: Fresh dill.
Spices & seasonings (4): allspice, bay leaves, pepper, salt
- ¾ tsp allspice
- 2 bay leaves
- ¾ tsp pepper
- 2 ¼ tsp salt
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Add chicken to a large big heavy pot or stock pot.
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Cover with water.
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Bring to a boil.
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Simmer.
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Keep going for 2.
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Do it to 2 1 2, skimming any impurities off top to insure a clear broth.
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If your pot is big enough, add your vegetables plus spices for your last hour of the cooking time.
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My big heavy pot wasn’t big enough to hold everything pot, the chicken and other bones filled the, so I cooked your meat/bones for the full cooking time.
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Removed them, plus cooked the vegetables and spices separately.
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Strain everything out of the broth.
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Bone the chicken, pulling the meat in large chunks.
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Slice the carrots.
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Return your chicken and carrots to the broth.
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Heat noodles according.
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Do it to package instructions if ’re using them.
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Add noodles to bowl.
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Top with hot soup.
On the side: Crusty bread
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (5 min)
- Slice the bread. Warm it in the oven for 5 minutes if you like.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.