Low Carb “Leftover” Chicken Soup Recipe

The next time you purchase a roasted whole chicken (or cook one yourself), keep all the bones, wing tips, neck, giblets, excess skin, and other scraps for stock. Place all the scraps into a heavy saucepan, and add:

1/2 onion, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 tsp. basil
1/2 tsp. oregano
1 tsp. garlic powder (or to taste)
1 tsp. salt (or to taste)
1/2 tsp. pepper

Add water to cover. Simmer on low heat for 1 1/2 hours. Strain through a sieve, discarding all solids (including any actual meat, which will have the texture and flavour of cardboard by the time the simmering is done). Refrigerate overnight, and remove hardened fat (if you want low-cal low-carb). Use in any recipe that calls for chicken bouillon or stock. One chicken makes about 4 cups of stock.

This also works really well with turkey, although given the extra water you will need to cover the (much larger) torso of a turkey, double or even triple the other ingredients.

More Low Carb Soup Recipes Below:

Low Carb Soup Recipes
Baked Fauxtato Soup
Broccoli-Cheese Soup
Cabbage & Ground Beef
Cabbage Soup
Clam Chowder
Cream of Almond Soup
Cream of Chicken Soup
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Crock Pot Chicken Soup
Curried Red Pepper Soup
Egg Drop Soup
Hot & Sour Soup
Instant Cream of Mushroom Soup
Leftover Chicken Stock
Marche Wedding Soup
Mother'sBroth
Mulligatawny Soup
New England Clam Chowder
Pizza Soup