| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 2 hr 30 min |
| Prep: | 15 min |
| Cook: | 2 hr 15 min |
| Yield: | 7 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken
- 2 quartered onions
- 2 carrot sticks, broken in pieces
- 2 celery stalks, broken in pieces
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 (12-ounce) can chopped tomatoes
- 2 cups pastina
- Grated Parmesan, optional
Instructions
- Rinse and dry the chicken thoroughly. In a large heated soup pot, place the onions, celery, carrots, and bay leaves. Add the whole chicken to the pot, and cover with enough cold water to cover almost all of the chicken. Add the tomatoes. Bring it pot up to the boil. When pot is at full boil, turn the heat down to low. Remove the scum of the broth as it forms on top with ladle. Allow to simmer for a couple of hours.
- Bring large pot of salted water to boil, add pastina and cook according to package directions.
- Remove the chicken from the broth and set aside. Place a strainer over a large serving bowl and strain the chicken broth through. Strain pastina well, before adding into the bowl with the broth. Serve immediately, top with grated Parmesan, if desired.
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 7 servings |
| Calories | 511 |
| Total Fat | 27 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Carbohydrates | 30 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Sugar | 5 g |
| Protein | 37 g |
| Cholesterol | 129 mg |
| Sodium | 200 mg |
Reviews
To the commenter on 2-19-2005. Pastina is the same as acini de pepe. This soup is very good and just a basic chicken soup. Very easy too. The added bay leaves and the tomatoes give it a slightly different flavor than just regular chicken broth. Worth making.
To the reviewer from 1/19. The pork was used to make the gravy for the meatballs. It was just confusing because he made it in the same segment he was doing the pastina broth, so you might have thought it was for that recipe.
Who knew such a simple soup could taste so wonderful. I made this soup last night for a dinner party and everyone loved it. I did add salt, because it was a bit bland at first. The parmesean adds nice depth as well.
Just like my nonna’s!
I have to admit – I expected better.
I always keep homemade stock in the freezer. You could always use
acini de pepe or orzo vs pastina. I like to add the rind of a hard
Italian cheese when preparing. The same type of cheese is offered upon serving!
I always keep homemade stock in the freezer. You could always use
acini de pepe or orzo vs pastina. I like to add the rind of a hard
Italian cheese when preparing. The same type of cheese is offered upon serving!
it looked very good
I also added diced chicken. When I was a child my mother always made this for us especially when we were not up to par.
This is a wonderful, fast soup. I always keep homemade stock in the freezer, so I just popped out a bag and used it frozen, it melted with the other ingredients and was a fantastic soup. Had a hard time finding the pasta in my small town, finally ordered it over the internet. Definitely a keeper for a quick rainy evening dinner.