Chicken Soup With Tiny Meatballs

* Exported from MasterCook *

Chicken Soup With Tiny Meatballs

Recipe By : Key Gourmet CD Rom
Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soups & Stews Chicken

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 pounds stewing chicken
4 cups water
2 1/2 teaspoons basil
1/2 pound sm. onions
1 bay leaf
1 clove garlic
5 carrots -- sliced
Parsley and celery leaves
---meatballs---
1 cup beef -- finely minced
1 egg
1 slice crumbly white bread
1/2 teaspoon salt
freshly ground black pepper

Place chicken in water in large saucepan. Add salt, pepper, basil, bay leaf an
d garlic. Bring to boil. Lower heat and simmer slowly for 1/2 hour or until c
hicken is tender. Remove chicken from pan. Cool and carefully skim fat from s
urface of soup. Bring soup to a boil and add onions, carrots, parsley and cele
ry, simmer gently for 10 minutes.

MEATBALLS:
Mix beef with egg, bread, salt and pepper. Form into small meatballs, add mea
tballs to soup and simmer for 35 minutes. Meanwhile, skim and bone the chicken
. Cut meat into small pieces. Garnish the soup with chicken and serve.

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