🇭🇺✨ Hungarian Chicken Soup (Újházi Tyúkhúsleves)

Here’s how to make an authentic, old-fashioned pot of Hungarian chicken soup:

🇭🇺✨ Hungarian Chicken Soup (Újházi Tyúkhúsleves)

✅ Ingredients:

  • 1 whole chicken or about 3 lbs (1.4 kg) bone-in chicken parts (legs, thighs, wings)
  • 12 cups (3 liters) cold water
  • 2 large carrots, sliced
  • 2 parsnips, sliced
  • 1 small celery root (or 2 celery stalks), peeled and cut
  • 1 medium onion, halved, unpeeled (for color)
  • 1 small green bell pepper or 1 banana pepper (traditional Hungarian touch)
  • 1 tomato, halved
  • 1 small bunch fresh parsley
  • 1 tsp whole black peppercorns
  • 1 ½ tsp salt (more to taste)
  • Optional: a few sprigs of fresh dill
  • Optional: 1 cup csipetke (tiny homemade dumplings) or fine egg noodles
PREPARATION