Sopa de Pollo o Gallina Criolla [Recipe + Video] Hen / Chicken Soup)

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 pound hen meat

  [0.91 kg] (or chicken)
• 1½ teaspoon salt

  (or more, to taste)
• 1 teaspoon oregano (dry, ground)
• 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 large red onion

  cut in half
• 2 cloves garlic

  sliced
• 1 stalk celery

  sliced
• 2 cups diced potatoes
• 2 cups auyama (kabocha squash)

  (West Indian pumpkin) cut into small cubes
• ½ cup angel hair noodles
• 1 sprig parsley

  chopped

Instructions

• 1 Skin, remove fat, and debone the chicken. Cut into small pieces.
  
  Discard the skin and fat, the bones will be used to flavor the broth.
• 2 Season the chicken (including the bones) with the oregano and a teaspoon of
  salt.
  
  Heat the oil in a pot, add the chicken, and cook stirring until browned.
• 3 If using chicken, remove the meat and set aside; if using chicken, do not remove
  the meat.
  
  Add ½ quart [2 liters] of water, onion, garlic and, lime juice.
  
  Cook over low heat for 40 minutes, or if using an old hen, until the meat is
  tender. After that time, remove the onion and bones and discard them. The liquid
  should have reduced to ¾ of the original volume, add water if necessary to
  obtain that volume.
• 4 Season the broth with salt to taste, and add the potatoes, celery, and pumpkin.
  
  Cover and boil over medium heat until the potatoes are cooked.
• 5 When the potatoes are cooked, add the chicken meat and noodles and cook covered
  until the noodles are tender.
  
  Stir regularly to prevent sticking.
• 6 Add the parsley, taste and season with salt to taste if required, and serve.

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