Italian Penicillin Soup Recipe

It's missing the egg... ask any Italian Nonna. After you add the pastina and before you add the chicken, slowly drizzle in a beaten egg while stirring continuously. The residual heat will cook the egg and create a creamy texture to your soup. Also, if you don't want to drag out your blender, you can use an immersion blender and get the same results.

Very nice recipe and blending the vegetables gives a rich mouth feel. Using packaged stock and rotisserie chicken are good ideas if your main goal is to make the soup quickly, but I would highly recommend making your own chicken stock from fresh whole chicken. If you have the time you can roast it first, then reserve roasted meat and make stock from the bones and remainder. You'll get a much better tasting and fresh result, and have some extra chicken meat and stock for another recipe. Cheaper too! :-)

Absolutely delicious — everyone loved it.

For those of you questioning the validity of the use of lower sodium chicken broth and then the addition of kosher salt, you should consider this… Based on most brands of regular chicken broth containing around 850mg of sodium per cup, 8 cups would contain approximately 6,800mg of sodium. According to most low sodium chicken broth brands, 8 cups would contain approximately 2,240mg of sodium as a typical serving of low sodium chicken broth contains around 280mg of sodium per cup. Three-quarters of a teaspoon of kosher salt contains about 1,725 milligrams of sodium. Therefore the lower sodium chicken broth plus the kosher salt still equals about half the sodium in the regular chicken broth alone. By the way, recipes should be a guideline. The cook can always adjust amounts to the needs of their own family as well as omit things they see as extra or unnecessary. For instance, if i know my family is going to salt their individual bowl at the table, I’m free to use the lower sodium chicken broth and completely omit the kosher salt. Etc. Etc.

OMG, delish! I modified the process just a little. I pureed the cooked veg and pulsed the chicken thighs. I added two more bay leaves and extra garlic cloves. I also added 2 tbls of soy sauce for depth. This is so easy to make. Fills the kitchen with such yummy aroma...it was hard to wait for all the flavors to meld. Thank you for sharing. We love it!

I thought the soup needed more body so I added a can of rinsed cannellini beans to food processor and soup. Came out great.

Very good! I think I added a little too much thyme, & I know I added extra pastina so my soup looks like stew. I tasted the blended mixture of veggies before adding it to my broth, and it’s delicious. . I did sauté some smaller pieces of celery, onion, & carrots & added it to my broth along with the pastina just because I like my soup chewy:) I discovered that I’m not a big fan of pastina, so I’ll probably use egg noodles next time. Thanks for sharing!

Made me chuckle to see the use of ready made chicken broth, as this IS the base to make chicken broth😃. If you throw in a 1/2 organic chicken or capon and water instead of boxed broth, it’ far more nutritional than anything from the store, and the extra meat is great to use for chicken salad sandwiches. And this IS our staple for a true comfort meal, with or without pastina. Almost all good Italian pasta brands now offer no gluten as well.

Followed the recipe closely. I did not add celery because I HATE celery! Yuck! Used my immersion blender. This was soooo good!! I will definitely do it again.

I couldn’t find fresh bay leaves, but the dried were fne. This is the best chicken soup I have ever had. I shared with my sisters and they couldn’t believe how good it was. I used an emulsifier in the pot instead of transferring the vegetables to a blender. My kitchen smelled so good all day!

Great recipe! I blend the veggies right in the soup pot using an immersion blender. I usually throw in some rough chopped fresh spinach in at the end. My family loves garlic, so I also add more of that. This recipe is a keeper!

My son is so picky, and hates the texture of veggies, but because I blend the veggies in this recipe- it’s the only chicken soup he will eat! It’s delish!

This was perfect! My kids ate the whole pot and I doubled the recipe.

Now my go to chicken soup recipe! I have made so many different styles and this is my fave! I did add an egg..

I put too much Pastina in but it's still delicious!

Absolutely delicious, so much depth of flavor and simple to make! Thanks for your delicious recipe!!!! C

I usually make it like the recipe and with broth but my boyfriend just made me some now since I'm sick and it is heavenly. It's thicker, like Gerber, but delish. I also asked for no chicken since chewing hurts. I just have to keep it away from our kitten bc she loves it too and garlic and onions are toxic for cats.

Same as when I was a child but without the chicken!

All of you all complaining about store bought broth need to lighten up. Not everyone has the time to roast a whole chicken, and then spend two days making the stock. I don't care how your Italian grandmother made it, this is a simple recipe that's basic enough for everyone.

This Italian version of the US’s chicken noodle soup may be even better!!!