How Do You Make Authentic Homemade German Chicken Broth?
Germany is a country of soups and broth – but homemade! A typical Sunday lunch would start with one of these soups. Chicken broth is one of my favorites and if we would live in a land like Desperaux lived, this soup would win for sure a prize! So this a good old German recipe in a modern world! Wash the chicken and dry it with a paper towel. Put the chicken in a pot and cover it with cold water and bring it to a boil. Add celery greens and 3 slices of celery root, laurel leaves. Cut carrots in half, peel onion, cut it in 2 pieces and stick the cloves into the onions, add it to the broth. Boil it for about 1 hour, and keep it covered but not completely; you can also test the meat if it is done. A whole chicken will take up to 2 hours until the meat is done. When chicken meat is done, filter the soup into another pot (use a strainer, sieve or linen. Cut carrots and celery root into small pieces and add them into the broth. Bring water to a boil, add soup noodles (very thin noodles) and c
