Granny’s Hug Trimmy Bisque

This is chicken soup made from scratch just like Granny would make, but it is not too time consuming, even for a Drive-Thru Sue. Easier than it looks, this Trimmy Bisque merges time-honored home-cooked wholesomeness with an “I can actually do this” possibility. Each healing mouthful brings Grannified comfort big time. It cuddles you all up in its warmth and simple goodness. This recipe is found in the "Big Eats Soups" section of Trim Healthy Table Cookbook, page 194. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people.

Cooking Method: Slow Cook

Courses: Dinner, Lunch, Soups

Servings: 6

Description

This is chicken soup made from scratch just like Granny would make, but it is not too time consuming, even for a Drive-Thru Sue. Easier than it looks, this Trimmy Bisque merges time-honored home-cooked wholesomeness with an “I can actually do this” possibility. Each healing mouthful brings Grannified comfort big time. It cuddles you all up in its warmth and simple goodness. This recipe is found in the "Big Eats Soups" section of Trim Healthy Table Cookbook. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people.

6-8 People

Ingredients

1 whole chicken (thawed, if frozen)
6 cups water
2 Tbs apple cider vinegar
2 bay leaves
1 tsp rubbed sage (optional)
2 large onions (halved)
4 cloves fresh garlic (4 to 6 fresh garlic cloves; minced)
1 large turnip (halved; or, halved daikon radish or 1 lb uncut red radishes)
1/2 bunch fresh parsley (stems and leaves separated - see note below)
6 stalks celery (diced)
1 bunch green onions (diced)
2 cups frozen peas
1 Tbs TH Just Gelatin
1 1/2 Tbs TH Integral Collagen (1 scoop; optional)
1/4 tsp sunflower lecithin (optional, but preferred)
1 Tbs TH Mineral Salt
1/2 tsp black peppercorns
1 Tbs TH Nutritional Yeast (1 to 2 Tbsp; optional)
3 cups water (boiling)

Instructions

1
Rinse the chicken well, remove any giblets, and cut off any large globs of fat from the opening of the cavity. Put it in a crockpot. Add the water, vinegar, bay leaves, sage (if using), onions, garlic, turnip or radishes, and tied parsley stems. Just pack all these veggies in wherever you can, pinning them around the chicken.
2
Place the celery and green onions in a zippy bag with the peas and diced parsley leaves. Refrigerate until they get added later, in the final 30 minutes of cooking time.
3
Cover the crockpot, set to low, and forget all about it for 7½ to 8 hours. Uncover, locate the parsley stems, and throw them away. Now, with an oven mitt in each hand, pour the contents of the crockpot through a colander set over a large soup pot. Once all the crock juices have drained through, place the colander over a plate so your counter doesn’t get messy. Ladle 4 cups of the crock juice into a blender and set aside.
4
Using tongs or any kitchen utensil that works, fish out the onions and turnip (or radishes) from the colander, cut their tender yumminess into soup-size morsels, and add them to the soup pot. Next, using a couple of forks, break open your delicious slow-cooked chicken and remove all the bones (a surprisingly quick process). Put the meat (and skin, unless there are huge pieces that gross you out) into the soup pot. Discard the bay leaves.
5
To the blender with the crock juice, add the core Trimmy ingredients—gelatin, collagen (if using), and lecithin (if using)—the salt, pepper, and nutritional yeast (if using). Hold the lid down tightly and blend to Trimmy it up. Pour your Trimmy back into the soup pot along with the 3 cups boiled water. Add the veggies from the refrigerated zippy bag and allow all to simmer for another 30 minutes or so in the pot, or until the veggies are tender. Stir, taste, and adjust the flavors to “own it.” Maybe you need a little more salt and pepper . . . maybe a hint more sage, or you might want to add a little more boiling water to increase the broth. Since this is an S, if you would like it even more rich tasting, you can ladle out a cup or two of the broth and put it back in the blender with a tablespoon or two of MCT oil, coconut oil, or ghee and whip up an even creamier Trimmy.

Note

SERENE CHATS:

It is rich in the wonders of folk medicine. Chicken soup from scratch is Jewish penicillin and is thought to fix practically anything you’ve got bothering you. You’ll notice in the ingredients list that the oil, ghee, or butter is missing from the core Trimmy ingredients. That is because the natural fat in the broth from slow-cooking a whole chicken takes its place. This broth also naturally contains gelatin, but the small added amount helps complete this recipe.

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PREP TIP:

This recipe should be started in the morning, so if you have to rush off to work or elsewhere, prep the veggies the night before and separate them as described in the directions.

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FRESH PARSLEY NOTE:

Separate the stems and leaves. Tie the stems together with twine or a tea bag string and chop the leaves.

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MAKE A FAMILY MEAL:

For the weight-loss plan, enjoy a big bowlful as is or have a side salad and/or an S-friendly bread item.
Family members at Crossover stage can enjoy fruit to end the meal or have it with buttered, sprouted-grain toast.

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Read it online: https://trimhealthymama.com/recipe/grannys-hug-trimmy-bisque/