Chicken Soup with Vermicelli

Name: Chicken Soup with Vermicelli (Sopa de Pollo con Fideos)
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Ingredients: 3 fresh culantro leaves; 3 cloves garlic, crushed; 2 ounces very thin vermicelli; 2 sweet chili peppers, seeded; 1 green pepper, seeded and quartered; 2 small onions, peeled and halved; 1½ pounds potatoes, peeled and diced; 3½ teaspoons salt; 2 quarts (8 cups) water; 2 pounds chicken pieces; 2 pounds dressed-weight whole chicken

Sopa de Pollo con Fideos

Preparation info

Serves
6 to 8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

A

2 pounds dressed-weight whole chicken
or
2 pounds chicken pieces

Americas
Caribbean
Soup
Puerto Rico

Method

In an 8-quart kettle, bring to a boil ingredients included in B.
Wash and drain chicken. Add to kettle together with ingredients included in C. Bring rapidly to a boil again. Reduce heat to moderate, cover, and boil for 45 minutes.