Chicken soup has been a comforting dish and remedy for the sick across various cultures for centuries, if not millennia. The origins and evolution of chicken soup are rooted in ancient culinary traditions, and it's challenging to pinpoint an exact beginning. Long before recorded history, ancient peoples boiled bones, meat, and sometimes vegetables in water to create nutritious broths. While the specific origins of chicken broth are difficult to pinpoint, it's safe to assume that as soon as humans began domesticating fowl, they began making broth from chicken.
Ingredients
In ancient Greece, the physician Hippocrates (circa 460 – 370 BC) was known to use clear broths, including chicken broth, to treat patients, particularly those with digestive ailments. The clarity of the broth was likely important to ensure its purity and mildness.
Directions
- Rinse the chicken bones well.
- Put all ingredients in to your slow cooker.
- Cover with cold water just to cover all ingredients.
- Allow to sit in cold water for 30-60minutes.
- Bring slowly up to temperature and cook for 6 to 12 hour on LOW slow cooker setting.
Ingredients
Directions
- Rinse the chicken bones well.
- Put all ingredients in to your slow cooker.
- Cover with cold water just to cover all ingredients.
- Allow to sit in cold water for 30-60minutes.
- Bring slowly up to temperature and cook for 6 to 12 hour on LOW slow cooker setting.