Ingredients

  • 4 quarts water
  • 1 large cut-up chicken, preferably stewing or large roaster
  • Marrow bones (optional)
  • 2 whole onions, unpeeled
  • 4 parsnips, peeled and left whole
  • 1/2 cup chopped celery leaves plus 2 stalks celery and their leaves
  • 1 rutabaga, peeled and quartered
  • 1 large turnip, peeled and quartered
  • 1 kohlrabi, quartered (optional)
  • 6 carrots, peeled and left whole
  • 6 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
  • 6 tablespoons snipped dill
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 zucchini

Method

  • 1.
  • Put the water and the chicken in a large pot and bring the water to a boil.
  • Skim off the froth.
  • 2.
  • Add the marrow bones, onions, parsnips, celery, 3/4 of the rutabaga, turnip, kohlrabi, 4 of the carrots, the parsley, 4 tablespoons of the dill, and the salt and pepper.
  • Cover and simmer of 2 1/2 hours, adjusting the seasoning to taste.
  • 3.
  • Strain, remove the chicken, discard the vegetables and refrigerate the liquid to solidify.
  • Remove the skin and bones from the chicken and cut the meat into bite-size chunks.
  • Refrigerate.
  • Remove the fat from the soup.
  • 4.
  • Just before serving, reheat the soup.
  • Bring to a boil.
  • Cut the zucchini and the remaining 2 carrots into thin strips and add to the soup along with the remaining rutabaga cut into thin strips as well as a few pieces of chicken.
  • Simmer about 15 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked, but still firm.
  • Serve with the remaining snipped dill.
  • You can also add noodles, marrow, or clos (matzah) balls.