cripple soup

Adapted from care2’s Grandma’s Healing Soup recipe.

1/2 small bag baby carrots, sliced
white part of leek, halved and sliced
1 medium potato, peeled and diced
1 medium onion, diced
5 chicken thighs, skin removed
olive oil
seasoned salt
curly leaf parsley, roughly chopped

-Saute vegetables in olive oil for about 5 minutes, add about 8 cups of water, bring to boil then simmer
-Season chicken thighs, pan fry in olive oil until slightly browned, separate meat from bones, add both to soup, bring to boil, simmer
-Add chopped parsley to soup, season to taste with salt and pepper
-Serve to cripple/invalid/convalescent in your acquaintance

2 Responses to “cripple soup”


  1. 1 Leaf February 12, 2009 at 3:01 pm

    Why is it called cripple soup?

  2. 2 cuivi February 14, 2009 at 12:26 pm

    I made it for a friend when his dislocated shoulder locked up.


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