Do you leave the chicken skin on or not w. chicken soup?

↑ redhot ↓

Thu, Dec 14 2006, 6:26 pm

My chicken soup is flavorful from the CHICKEN and vegetables and spices. fatty skin soup does not sound appetizing as something I would want to eat

↑ cassandra ↓

Thu, Dec 14 2006, 6:27 pm

Hmm, I'll have to try it. What kind of spices do you use?

↑ redhot ↓

Thu, Dec 14 2006, 6:32 pm

I only use salt and pepper, but I put in a lot of vegetables: whole onion, tons of carrots, zuchini, garlic (crushed), parsnip, turnip, dill, and sometimes celery and sweet potato.

The trick to a rich flavorful chicken soup is to cook it on a low flame for many hours.

I use 3 chicken quarters for a 6 quart pot, 2 quarters for a 4 quart pot, and a whole chicken for an 8 quart pot.

does that help?

↑ cassandra

Thu, Dec 14 2006, 6:35 pm

Yup, I do the same thing, just with the skin on. I can't imagine it is as hearty, but maybe it's good enough. I'll try it next time.

happymom ↓

Thu, Dec 14 2006, 6:36 pm

I take off the skin and for spices I put salt pepper garlic fresh dill and fresh parsley

↑ redhot ↓

Thu, Dec 14 2006, 6:37 pm

its worth a try- how bad can it be Smile

worst case scenario- u make it the next week with the skin back on

↑ Mevater ↓

Thu, Dec 14 2006, 7:28 pm

cassandra wrote:

For those who remove the skin----

What gives your soup color and flavor?

I have made chicken soup both with the skin on and w/o, and haven't detected a major difference.

↑ amother ↓

Thu, Dec 14 2006, 7:29 pm

I recently met s/o who said that she roasts the cooked chicken afterwards in a sauce.
Any easy, sweet, fruity sauce to roast the chicken in (for the boiled chicken from the soup), anyone ? Any pineapple or cherry, or fruity sweet and sour sauce ideas?

faigie

Fri, Dec 15 2006, 11:16 am

ive never had any success with the cooked chicken, save making chicken salad, where its moisture comes from mayo....... I guess you could make chicken pot pie or something like that too.......

Nomad

Fri, Dec 15 2006, 11:37 am

I never even thought of taking the skin off - I want all the chickeny goodness Smile

shoy18

Fri, Dec 15 2006, 12:31 pm

I always leave the chicken skin on, I use mostly wings in my soup, but I always freeze it after its cooked and skim the fat off, so its the same as not having skin but the flavour is there

MyKidsRQte

Fri, Dec 15 2006, 2:46 pm

I leave the skin on. It give it its flavor

Crayon210

Fri, Dec 15 2006, 3:17 pm

I used to take the skin off, because it's healthier and my husband didn't know the difference anyway.

Of late, I have been ... trying to cook as quickly as possible, so I stopped taking the skin off, and it still tastes like it did before, I guess just with the fat. Confused

Like Sthillmom said, it's about the time more than the chicken skin.

↑ happymom

Sat, Dec 16 2006, 6:48 pm

u dont have to freeze or refridgerate the soup to take off the fat. I biol the water with the chicken (skin off) and then all the fat comes to the top. I scoop it out with a spoon and my chicken soup has no fat....

↑ Mevater ↓

Sat, Dec 16 2006, 7:34 pm

I cook the soup (whether with fat on or off) on Thursday, and take the fat off on Friday before warming it. On rare occassions, when I cook soup on Friday and want the fat to rise to the top quickly, I pour the soup off into a plastic container and freeze it for a few hours. The fat hardens in the freezer and I remove it.

↑ redhot

Sat, Dec 16 2006, 7:45 pm

happymom wrote:

I do that too, but its easier to remove the fat etc when the soup it cold. The fat hardens and justcomes right off

Tefila

Sat, Dec 16 2006, 8:27 pm

Quote:

Some people use the cooked chicken by baking it in duck sauce, and other recipes, after having been cooked in the chicken soup.

Thanks

Oh btw I do with it on then skim it the following day after it has sat in the refrigerator overnight.

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↑ amother

Sun, Dec 17 2006, 1:00 am

Tefila wrote:

Quote:

Some people use the cooked chicken by baking it in duck sauce, and other recipes, after having been cooked in the chicken soup.

Thanks

Oh btw I do with it on then skim it the following day after it has sat in the refrigerator overnight.

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They wouldn't know any more about me if I'd use my username.