Homemade Chicken Soup

The other day I was at one of the local supermarkets, Rouse's and they had chicken leg quarters on sale for $.29 a pound in ten pound bags. Seeing how they were frozen in one big clump I decided to grab a bag for making a soup. The wife has been on a soup kick and I thought homemade chicken soup would be a nice change up. So, yesterday morning I put the whole ten pound bag in a pot of water to simmer and make a stock/broth for the soup and to cook the chicken for easy deboning. When done I separated the meat from the liquid and strained the liquid to cool. This morning I took out the stock and skimmed off the smooth solid chicken fat and put it aside. Deboned the meat and started the soup out slow adding celery, carrots and leeks, Let that simmer for a couple of hours and meanwhile I made some homemade pasta to add to the soup. If you're going to do something homemade right go ahead and go the extra mile and really do it right. I almost forgot to mention after deboning the chicken I put the bones and scraps in the oven to roast and make a second stock to stick in the freezer for something later. Maybe beans or a fricassee or gumbo.
So I added the pasta to the soup and letting it finish cooking. Smells like a cold winter day here right now!

Thighs simmering by themselves.



The stock and fat after straining.



Smooth rich chicken fat. I'll find something to do with this.



Bones and scraps roasted after deboning.



Homemade pasta for the soup.



Should be good! Simmering a little longer to cook the pasta.



Got a stock going with those roasted bones and I can't think of anything else to get from this $2.90 of chicken thins. Lol........

Oh, I'll get a picture of the soup served later.