Polish Chicken Noodle Soup (Rosol)

This nourishing Polish chicken soup (rosol) is a traditional recipe, the perfect healthy comfort food to enjoy on a cold day. It requires few ingredients, no chopping and is super easy to make.

Unless you are a vegetarian chances are you would have had chicken soup at least once in your life.

Polish chicken soup (rosol) was an integral part of most Sunday lunches throughout my childhood.  These days I tend to cook more vegetable based soups and make chicken soup only occasionally, but whenever I do I am the best mum in the world!  What is it about chicken soup that appeals to children so much? (And not just my own!)

Healthy Polish chicken soup recipe

This recipe for chicken noodle soup is a low-fat, simplified version of the soup I ate as a child.  I used chicken thighs but without the skin.

This rosol soup is also simple and doesn’t require any chopping or blending, so it’s not labour intensive.  Which is not very common for a dish that’s made completely from scratch!

To make the soup first place the chicken in a pot of water, bring to boil, then skim off the white residue.  Then simply add the remaining ingredients and simmer gently for about 50 minutes.

Enjoy this old classic on a cold rainy day (we’ve had plenty of those recently!) with cooked vermicelli and plenty of black pepper.  Don’t forget to garnish generously with parsley.

I usually don’t add stock cubes to my dishes and this chicken noodle soup from scratch is no exception.  The combination of the chicken, vegetables and herbs used in this soup creates a tasty stock, so there is no need to add anything else.  I used a bit of turmeric for colour but you don’t have to.

If you’ve made this recipe I’d love to know what you thought! Thanks!

More Chicken Soup Recipes

Here is another simple chicken noodle soup recipe you may also like: healthy chicken noodle soup recipe.  It is made with less wheat vermicelli and more veggie noodles.  Check out also this curried sweet potato mulligatawny soup recipe with spinach.

Another Polish soup that can be made using chicken is Polish dill pickle soup.

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Polish Chicken Noodle Soup (Rosol)

This Polish Chicken Noodle Soup (Rosol) is a traditional Polish dish, nourishing and healthy, the perfect comfort food to enjoy on a cold day.

Prep Time5 mins

Cook Time1 hr

Total Time1 hr 5 mins

Course: Chicken, Lunch, Soup

Cuisine: East European, Polish

Keyword: chicken, rosol, soup

Servings: 4 -6 servings

Author: Everyday Healthy Recipes

Ingredients

• Cooked vermicelli enough for 4-6 people
• 2 chicken legs or 3 thighs, without the skin
• 1 large carrot, peeled
• 1 large onion, peeled
• 1 leek
• a small piece of celery root, peeled (approx.40 g)
• A small bunch of fresh parsley, about 15 g, plus more for garnish
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 allspice berries
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric, adds colour and intensifies the flavour
• 2/3 tablespoon coarse sea salt, a little less than 1, and plenty of black pepper
• 1.7 litres of water, about 7 cups

Instructions

• Place the chicken in a large pot  and add half the water.  Cover and bring to boil. Remove the lid and skim off the white residue that will form on the surface as it cooks.  Ensure it only simmers gently.
• Add the remaining water and the rest of the ingredients. Cover and simmer for about 50 minutes (try not to allow the soup to cook too rapidly as the broth may become cloudy).
• Remove from the heat.  Serve with cooked vermicelli and garnish with freshly chopped parsley

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