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Easy Yemenite Chicken Soup

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes

Servings

4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken 3-4 pounds cut in pieces
  • 2 beef marrow bones
  • 2 tablespoons Jamie Geller Hawaij
  • 1 bunch cilantro cleaned rinsed, and tied in a bundle, plus more cilantro to garnish soup
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 large onion rinsed and halved skin on
  • Kosher salt
  • Freshly cracked black pepper
  • 2 cups cubed butternut squash plus any other veg of choice

Instructions

  • Put chicken, except for the drumsticks if you like to leave them whole and marrow bones in a large pot and cover with water by three inches. Bring to a boil, skimming off scum, and let it boil for 30 minutes.
  • After soup has been boiling for 30 minutes, add 1 tablespoon hawayej, cilantro bundle, garlic cloves, and onion. Simmer for another hour, until chicken is tender.
  • Remove onion, garlic and cilantro bundle and discard. Remove chicken to plate. Add drumsticks and choice of vegetables to the pot. Simmer vegetables.
  • While simmering place chicken on cutting board and pull the meat from the bones, shred and put the meat back into the pot.
  • Add remaining 1 tablespoon hawayej, and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer soup another 15-20 minutes until vegetables are tender and drumstick is soft.
  • Serve soup with schug if you like spice and fresh cilantro for garnish.