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Ina Garten’s Chicken Soup with Matzo Balls | Barefoot Contessa | Food Network
Ina uses her rich homemade stock to make comforting chicken soup with matzo balls!
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Chicken Soup with Matzo Balls
RECIPE COURTESY OF INA GARTEN
Level: Intermediate
Total: 4 hr 45 min
Active: 45 min
Yield: 6 quarts stock, 18 to 20 matzo balls
Ingredients
3 5-pound roasting chickens
3 large yellow onions, unpeeled and quartered
6 carrots, unpeeled and halved
4 stalks celery with leaves, cut into thirds
4 parsnips, unpeeled and cut in half (optional)
20 sprigs fresh parsley
15 sprigs fresh thyme
20 sprigs fresh dill
1 head garlic, unpeeled and cut in half crosswise
2 tablespoons kosher salt
2 teaspoons whole black peppercorns
4 cups 1/4-inch-diced carrots
4 cups 1/4-inch-diced celery
1/4 cup minced fresh dill
1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
Matzo Balls (recipe follows)
For the matzo balls:
4 extra-large eggs, separated
1/2 cup good chicken stock, plus more for cooking the matzo balls
1/4 cup rendered chicken fat, melted
1/2 cup minced fresh parsley
2 teaspoons kosher salt, plus more for egg whites
1 cup matzo meal
Directions
Place the chickens, onions, carrots, celery, parsnips, parsley, thyme, dill, garlic and seasonings in a 16- to 20-quart stockpot. Add 7 quarts of water and bring to a boil. Simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour. Remove 2 of the chickens and allow to cool slightly. Remove the breast meat from both chickens and set aside. Return the remaining chicken and carcasses to the pot and continue simmering, uncovered, for 3 more hours. Strain the entire contents of the pot through a colander and chill. Remove the surface fat, then reheat the stock as follows, or pack in containers and freeze.
To serve the soup, return the stock to the pot and reheat, adding the diced carrots, celery, dill and parsley. Shred the reserved chicken breast meat into large pieces and add to the stock. Simmer over low heat for 5 minutes to cook the vegetables and reheat the chicken. Season to taste and serve as is, or ladle each serving over 1 or 2 warm matzo balls.
For the matzo balls:
Whisk together the egg yolks, 1/2 cup chicken stock, chicken fat, parsley and salt. Stir in the matzo meal. In the bowl of an electric mixer with a whisk attachment, whip the egg whites with a pinch of salt until they are stiff. Whisk them into the matzo mixture until it is smooth. Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes, or until the mixture is thick.
Bring a pot of chicken stock to a simmer (about 3 quarts). Form matzo balls the size of golf balls by shaping them with 2 spoons, rolling them with your hands or scooping them with a small ice cream scoop. Drop them into the simmering stock and cook for 30 minutes, or until fully cooked and puffed, turning once. Remove and serve hot in the chicken soup.
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@traceypotter7669
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
What an absolute waste of perfectly good food. I'm so sorry, I know this is how traditional stock is made. But I just can't. I buy whole chickens and joint them myself. I buy fresh veg, and use the skins and tops and the carcass of the chicken to make the stock. That way nothing is going to waste. Poach the breast in the already made stock, adding to the flavour, and take it from there. So much unnecessary waste, I just can't even think of making this this way.
@angelonicassio7131
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
I am in love with Ina.
@avalavendar3497
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
But how do you make the Matzo balls? I've never made them before so I have no idea.
@avalavendar3497
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
I really love Ina, but #1 I don't own a stock pot that BIG and #2 even if I did, I'm not strong or big enough to pick it all up (full of water and chicken and veg) to strain it! I wish they would consider these things. I'm not cooking for an army or a restaurant, just a small family.
@RJ-ql6ff
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
How did she marks balls???
@chantalhenderson6994
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
I love that you cooked the matzo balls in another pot. I always make the stock the day before .
@karenreyes840
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
Y you dont wash stuff and your hands?
@suyapajimenez516
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
Where are matzo ball…..
@noonieshell5556
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
Click on more under Ina Garten’s soup with matzo balls | Barefoot contessa | Food network and you will have your recipe for the soup and the matzo balls
@IllumeEltanin
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
The written recipe for the matzah balls is in this video's description box. Click it open and scroll down. It's there.
@sethsoderman2731
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
It makes lots of sense how she's doing this chicken stock for prepping for later if you do much other things too and you can freeze the stock to so going to the store and buying stock
@sethsoderman2731
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
Awesome chicken stock
@debbiecollett7417
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
Who can afford to make this…. 3 chickens ?????
@lemonysnicket6153
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
Such a rich entitled woman. When you’re at £30 just for the stock you’ve got to start wondering who your audience is, surly?
@stevelogan5475
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
Ma'am, very nice recipe, I like to use Amish organic chickens for stock, roasting, baking, etc…
@peidan86
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
3 whole chickens? Really? 🤦🏻♀️ 😅
@scubajoe3321
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
Some of my childhood is literally her show
@justthetruth2662
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
Their 2 cute… We love you Ina and Jeffrey
@mcfarlane1105
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
I can not we just got chicken stock. Lmao! That's like cooking 101, chicken soup. Not a matzo ball recipe in sight on this one. We got a pre-made frozen selection. I feel cheated!
@vu4uboo582
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
What exactly is a Matzo ball?
@joshhalim
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
I guess this recipe is perfect on a cold day/night and maybe when you are sick.
@odieford4612
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
They are such a beautiful couple! I love to watch Ina Garten cook. She has a very calming voice.
@abainimarama
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
❤️ FABULOUS 😍
@mikeking7470
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
We had a nice old sandwich shop around the corner that made the best matzo ball soup ever. Alas it's long gone. This looks fantastic but a lot of food for two old people.
@DvLnDsGyZ
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
Wtf… Why not include the matzo BALL recipe??
@deborahcaldwell9775
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
Ooo Sweet kiss cute. I love my Stevie-kisses, they’re just.!.like.!.that.
@adreampainter1
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
OMG I am a family of one! There is enough to feed an entire army. Looks so good.
@jerseygirlsouth8913
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
Where's the ball recipe? The stock is the easy part.
@jasondouglas152
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
I watched this for the ball recipe. FML
@stephaniecrow7387
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
Getting ready for Unleavened Bread and Pesach…shalom
@eliabraham3693
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
What a delicious recipe. Happy Christian Easter and Happy Jewish Easter !
@allentrice1547
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
How lovely and delicious 😋❤
@Amanda-yw8ls
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
😋
@CopperDime
December 14, 2023 at 2:11 pm
Yummy