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Chicken Giblet Vegetable Soup

Leftover chicken giblets (heart, liver, gizzard) make a great soup. Chicken heart and gizzard should always be cooked until tender before combining with other ingredients.

Type: Chicken, Poultry, Vegetables
Courses: Soup
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

  Uncooked giblets of 1 or 2 chickens
4 1/2 cups 1066mlCold water
1 teaspoon 5mlSalt
1/8 teaspoon 0.6mlFreshly-ground pepper
1/2 cup 55g / 1.9ozFinely-diced carrot
1/2 cup 31g / 1.1ozFinely-chopped onion
1/2 cup 55g / 1.9ozFinely-chopped celery with leaves
1   Tomato juice - (6 oz)
1 tablespoon 15mlDried parsley flakes
  = (or 2 tbspns minced fresh parsley)
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlPaprika
2 tablespoons 30mlQuick-cooking oatmeal

Recipe Instructions

Wash giblets and discard all fat pieces. Place in a large cooking pot with water and salt. Bring to a boil and simmer about 25 minutes.

Add all other ingredients except the oatmeal; simmer soup gently about 30 minutes more.

Remove giblets and chop into small pieces. Return giblets to soup; add oatmeal, stir, and simmer 5 minutes.

This recipe yields 4 servings. Serving size: 1 cup.

Exchanges Per Serving: 1 Vegetable, 1/2 Lean Meat.

Nutrition Facts: Carbohydrates 7g; Protein 5g; Fat 1g; Calories 56; Fiber 1.6g; Sodium 683mg; Cholesterol 56mg.

Note: Low-sodium diets: Omit salt. Substitute unsalted tomato juice.

Source:
The Art of Cooking for the Diabetic by Mary Abbott Hess

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