SAN ANTONIO -- If you have been feeling a little under the weather, your mom's advice about eating some chicken soup may not be off base.
Researchers at the University of Nebraska's Medical Center held an experiment and found ingredients in some chicken soup recipes actually do help get rid of the cold.
University of Nebraska's Medical Center Chicken Soup Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 five to six-pound baking chicken
- 1 package of chicken wings
- 3 large onions
- 1 large sweet potato
- 3 parsnips
- 2 turnips
- 11 to 12 large carrots
- 5 to 6 celery stems
- 1 bunch of parsley
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
Clean the chicken, put it in a large pot and cover it with cold water. Bring the water to boil.
Add the chicken wings, onions, sweet potato, parsnips, turnips and carrots. Boil about 1 and a half hours. Remove fat from the surface as it accumulates.
Add the parsley and celery. Cook the mixture about 45 min. longer.
Remove the chicken. The chicken is not needed for the soup at this point, but it is pretty tasty at this stage.
Put the vegetables in a food processor until they are chopped fine or pass through a strainer.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
