You can also cook the chicken just until it is done, remove the chicken and
debone it, then put the bones back into the chicken soup for the remaining
time to flavor the broth.


"N T" > wrote in message
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> There's a complaint in my house that I overcooked chicken in the soup.
> There are so many recipes for chicken soup. I did this:
> Put about four thighs and legs (organic) in the pot with 4 quarts
> water and some vegetables -- carrots, celery, onion, etc. Brought it
> just up to the boil, about to boil, then turned it down to simmer.
> Stopped it at 1 hour and 15 minutes. The complaint is that the chicken
> is tasteless from being overcooked. Needless to say, my overcooking is
> the constant complaint. I try to keep it to the minimum time but can't
> seem to find the borderline. What do you think it is?