It's been a cold and rainy past few days here in Arizona. I came back from a weekend out of town and I wanted nothing more than a warm pot of soup for dinner. However, I wasn't really in the mood to cook anything at all complicated. This soup is the opposite of complicated. In the interest of truly making this simple, I picked up a rotisserie chicken while I was at the store this morning. I also used caramelized onions that were already in the freezer.
I started making this with a plan for something more complex. When I tasted the soup initially, I realized it was delicious with nothing more than the onions and the chicken. I will probably play with this combination in the future, but this soup was delicious on it's own in all of it's simplicity.
Caramelized Onion Chicken Soup
1 cup caramelized onions, chopped small, I used frozen ones I made in the crockpot earlier
1 large clove garlic, minced
2 cups cooked chicken, diced small, I used the breast meat from a rotisserie chicken
4 cups chicken stock, I used fresh stock made from the rotisserie chicken's carcass
1/2 - 1 teaspoon kosher salt, adjust to taste, depending on the stock that you use
In a medium size saucepan, saute the onions and the garlic for about a minute or so, just until fragrant. Add the chicken and the stock. Simmer for 20 minutes. Taste and season with salt as needed. Simmer on low until ready to eat. I left mine simmering over an hour and the broth was slightly thickened and full of flavor from the onions.
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Oh that looks so good. Thanks for the tip about the onions!
ReplyDeleteYum. I love onion soup but sometimes it 's just not hearty enough for a meal, This is a great variation.
ReplyDeleteOh that looks really good, Mary!! My mom would love this soup.. she does love onion soups!
ReplyDeleteYou know I love caramelized onions! I bet this is truly satisfying. Hope the trip was wonderful and relaxing.
ReplyDeleteOh my, chicken and onion soup... I bet this would be great for a cold.
ReplyDeleteMy mom makes something very similiar to this and we call it "yakhni" here.. Best comfort food in cold winters!
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice and tasty chicken soup...I like the idea of caramelizing the onion...great idea, especially in this cold and rainy weather.
ReplyDeleteHope you are having wonderful week Mary :-)
Yummy. Fantastic idea for a store bought rotisserie chicken.
ReplyDeleteUmmm, did I mention that I want to eat this? Makin' it for lunch t'day! Thanks for the inspiration. Have a great day Mary.
ReplyDeleteFrench onion soup with chicken, minus the soggy bread...sounds good to me! Oh rain, I almost feel sad for you that you can't have snow for Christmas! Christmas just doesn't feel Chistmasy for me unless it's white. That's what I get for growing up in Calgary!
ReplyDeleteRegardless though, Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeletePerfect for this weather!!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a delicious combination.
ReplyDeleteYum! This looks delicious and I could go for a bowl of it right now on this chilly day! Great recipe!
ReplyDeleteThis is the day of caramelize onion recipes, but I think yours might just take the cake!
ReplyDeleteThis looks nice and comforting. I would probably sprinkle a little parm (because I do that on almost every soup for some reason) but other than that I agree - I don't think you need to do a whole lot else to this...it sounds wonderful as is.
ReplyDeleteI remember once when we were flying out to Arizona a guy on the plane said he loves rainy days so much because it's always sunny in AZ so when it rains it's such a nice change. I don't know why but I always remembered him saying that. I lived in Upstate NY at the time where it's quite the opposite so it just struck me when he said it.