The Chicken Soup Hack

You’ll always be one step ahead when making that pot of chicken soup.

Do you ever buy a pack of chicken that’s larger than you need when making dinner? Or perhaps the family pack was on sale, but you don’t need that much right now?

Some chicken drumsticks and thigh in a soup bag.

If you only use chicken bones for soup and not actual chicken pieces, this hack also works. 

Placing chicken drumsticks and thigh in a soup bag in a Ziploc bag.

Reader Nechama N. shared that when she buys chicken bones for soup, she immediately divides them up into soup bags and freezes them so she can just dump them into the soup pot each week. 

You’ll love knowing that the chicken for your soup is ready to go (one less item on the grocery list)!

Nechama N.

Nechama is a young kollel wife living in Israel. She loves finding ways to make life easier in different ways.

16 responses to “The Chicken Soup Hack”

  1. Esther Avatar
    Esther

    For sure! When I skin chicken, I save the skin in ziplocs, portioned out, and freeze, and then toss that into the soup too. Adds tons of flavor.

  2. AS Avatar
    AS

    Soup tastes much better with fresh chicken vs frozen…

    1. BB Avatar
      BB

      You can always take it out the night before and defrost it!

      1. Estee K Avatar
        Estee K

        That’s not fresh 😉

        1. Shira Avatar
          Shira

          The chicken is never really fresh. Fresh would be right after shechting and Kashering. At the end of the day your “fresh” is really a dead chicken.

          1. Rochelle Avatar
            Rochelle

            You can often buy chicken that was not yet frozen, that is what is meant by “fresh”. Many say you can’t compare.

  3. BN Avatar
    BN

    I had an extra cutlet from a family pack and made cream of chicken right then

  4. Avigayil Avatar
    Avigayil

    I do this with herbs in the “bug bags”

    1. TR Avatar
      TR

      Great idea!

  5. DW Avatar
    DW

    I switched to turkey drumsticks instead of chicken.
    Brings the soup to next level.

    1. Rochel Avatar
      Rochel

      I recently started doing the same. And then I use the turkey to make pulled turkey with bbq sauce. Its so easy to pull apart. Is almost as good as pulled beef. Family loves it.

  6. M Avatar
    M

    Sometimes I specifically buy a whole chicken, cut it into portions and then do the same thing with all the bones and leftover pieces. Makes the chicken soup heavenly!

  7. Sara Avatar
    Sara

    They sell pre netted chicken in my grocery it’s great

  8. Rachel Avatar
    Rachel

    I also do this with vegetables. When I have too many carrots or parsnips or other soup vegetables I prep them, blanch them and pack in small bags ready to toss into a soup. Lightening the load when I make soup.

  9. Slither io Avatar

    To make the soup more rich, you can add noodles or rice to the soup, creating a nutritious meal.

  10. love tester Avatar
    love tester

    This is such a simple yet brilliant idea! I always end up with leftover chicken bones, and this is the perfect way to make use of them. Thanks for sharing this tip!

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