Consome de Pollo (Chicken Consomme)
Ingredients
- 2 ½ pounds of chicken parts and gizzards of your choice 2 feet, neck, liver, heart, wings, legs
- 12 cups of water
- 2 large carrots peeled and cut into pieces
- 1 medium onion peeled and cut into pieces
- 1 garlic clove crushed
- Salt and pepper
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
- ¼ cup cilantro
- 1 celery stick
- Thyme
- Lime to serve
Instructions
- Place the chicken parts in a large container with ice water and soak them for about 1 hour. This will help to clean up the blood and bad stuff from the chicken parts.
- Remove the chicken parts from the ice water and discard the water. Place the chicken in a large pot and add the water. Bring to a boil, skimming off any foam from the top.
- Reduce the heat to low and add all the remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer for about 4 hours.
- Remove from the heat and remove the chicken parts that you want to eat and set them aside. Strain the broth through a fine sieve & return to the broth the chicken parts that you would like to eat. Serve the soup hot in small cups with lime juice.
- Note: This can be use as chicken broth to make other dishes and it can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or freeze up to 6 months, so make a big batch
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Consome de Pollo is a traditional Colombian soup made by cooking chicken parts like the liver, wings, heart, and legs, along with vegetables. Once strained, it is served in a small cup, as a clear soup, with pieces of liver and heart.
You can find this soup in a lot of Colombian restaurants all over the world and it is a must at Colombian parties. It is often served to people at the end of a party before they go home, hot, with a squeeze lime. I guess it helps to prevent hangovers 🙂
Francijoe
Having this today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Belinda @zomppa
I thought that was liver! Oh, a soup that is calling my name!!
Empar
¡Delicioso! Erica, y mira que entona bien el cuerpo en estos días fresquitos que nos llegan.
Un beso.
Ivy
Are you kidding. I love chicken livers!! This soup is really good.
MaryMoh
I know this must be very delicious. My mom used to cook this and we would all fight for the liver and other organs....haha
Sophie
MMMMMMMMMMMMM,..the chicken consommé looks stunning & ooh so rich too!
norma
I am at work right now hanging by a thread as I was at a wedding yesterday and had a bit much to drink. This soup is a sure cure for my ailment. Mandame un poquito...please!
Ben
Hello Erica, long time no see! I've been very busy but I now want to catch up with all my foodie friends. This soup is new to me. In Mexico we eat consome with a lot of vegetables and sometimes rice. The liver and heart of the chicken sound delicious for a winter night, hehe.
Chef E
Ummm, the broth sounds great- I ate gizzards as a young girl, and they do make a good broth and dressing at Thanksgiving!
Ashley Gillett
This reminds me so much of my abuelita. When I was in elementary school in Miami, my abuelita lived with us. I remember coming home from school and she'd have mugs of consome waiting for us. So good. 🙂
JV
I woke up terribly sick today. This consome is a miracle cure for flu and colds. Plus it's delicious and easy on the stomach. I love it!