This recipe was crafted with meticulous care, patience, and great attention in order to recreate the chicken soup of my dreams: a delicately flavored dish that highlights a perfect balance between all the ingredients, especially the chicken, with an approach that uses every possible part to prepare the broth and soup as completely as possible, all while ensuring zero waste !

Chicken soup is a universally adored dish, with countless variations ranging from rich and spicy to pure and simple. For this version, the focus was on achieving a simpler, well-balanced flavor profile by utilizing everything available and minimizing waste. While this method required more time and effort, the result was a truly divine soup.

The star of this soup is chicken, specifically drumsticks, which provide both flavor and substance. Chicken wings can also be used for their richness, although they yield less meat. Adding a beef bone with marrow imparts additional depth, nutrition, and texture because of the gelatin, but this can be substituted with more chicken wings if preferred. Although chicken breasts are popular, they do not contribute much to broth-making; it is best to reserve them for another use or add them cooked and shredded at the end, if desired.

The broth is crafted from a blend of vegetables (a classic chunky mirepoix blend), herbs, spices, bones, and other extras. These ingredients give their full flavor and nourishment to the golden broth, after which they are discarded.

To assemble the soup, the rich and delicate broth is combined with fresh, thinly sliced versions of the vegetables used for the broth, along with more fresh herbs, shredded chicken meat, and finally vermicelli noodles added at the end.

This chicken soup was a resounding success, enjoyed by both myself and others who tasted it. The effort was worthwhile, and none of the ingredients were wasted. 

I highly recommend giving it a try, you won’t regret it ! … :)