Molly Makes Chicken Noodle Soup | From the Test Kitchen | Bon Appétit

Presented by Method | Join Molly Baz in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she makes classic chicken noodle soup. There are tons of shortcuts for chicken noodle soup, but this time we're not cutting corners—this is the long game! This version is about as classic (and as comforting) as they come, using a whole chicken—bones, skin, and all—to lend flavor and body to the broth. The key is to treat the breasts and legs differently: The breasts need to be pulled early so they don't overcook and dry out, whereas the legs require a long simmer to become incredibly tender. We used ditalini here, but feel free to use any small quick-cooking pasta you have! We wouldn’t be mad about orzo or ABCs either.




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Molly Makes Chicken Noodle Soup | From the Test Kitchen | Bon Appétit

[parisjesuis]

This new Method sponsorship will last until Brad's next episode when he inadvertently says something horrid about it.

[Maddieray]

molly deserves an oscar for “whaddya know, there’s new dish soap here! method!”

top tier acting

[fanbotbob]

"I'm gonna season this pretty heavily"

Yeah we know Molly

[under-._.-score]

How would I describe Molly’s commercial acting?

METHOD

[gocanada]

Molly: Gets excited over basil scented dish soap.
Brad: Excited that all of that fermented food has not killed him yet and that it actually tastes good.
Chris: Gets excited over the fact that he figured out that random ingredient in the blindfold recipe challenge that nobody would ever even notice.
Claire: Gets excited that she actually conquered the devil and properly tempered chocolate

[mattrutkowski]

BA to Molly: Make food for the soul. BA to Claire: Make food to crush yours.

[Olympics]

I am probably a more keen observer than most people, but did anyone notice that they are using a new dish soap, I can’t remember what it’s called though.

[serebix]

I died a little inside when she discarded the skin. Just crisp them up in a bit oil and you can use them as a garnish with a TON of flavour

[annad]

BA audience: complains that none of the chiefs washes their hands on-camera
BA team: gets sponsors for the soap

nice move!

Edit: guys, i'm not a native speaker. So by chiefs i meant cooks. Or what is more accurate :)

[andreasidler]

Molly on Ellen: "chicken noodle soup is the best hangover cure"
Bon Appétit: "Molly makes chicken noodle soup"

[benrinehart]

Fun fact. After you've made the broth, all those bones and aromatics still have flavor to give! Just not to the same batch of stock.

It's a lot of chemistry stuff (osmosis specifically) but basically the food gives flavor to the water until the food and water (now stock) are equally saturated: the celery rib has as much celery flavor as the stock.

Basically you got 50% (ish depending on chemistry stuff) of the flavor out of the food and into the stock. BUT if you add new water, those foods can give up another 25%. You'd need to reduce the second batch a while after infusing. But you can get a lot more flavor!

I use this technique when I'm making syrups for cocktails, mainly ginger syrup. It's a great way to really get your bang for your buck with your aromatics and spices!

[crowdedsubwaystation]

Out of all the BA staff, I appreciate Molly's recipes the most. They are always low/no fuss and straight forward and end up delicious.

[GlurglePop]

“I don’t know if you guys can smell that or not.”

I don’t know if YouTube added that feature yet

[pishposh]

Dish: chicken noodle soup

Molly: so the first ingredient is a bowl of salt

[cmkaminski]

My daughter was watching this and when molly pulled the leg meat off to see if it was done, she yell “EAT IT”.

[sinistermalmente]

The product placement would've been slicker if I hadn't seen commercials for the soap during the video

[leoutriainen]

Im curious what everyone in the background was talking about

[JC-]

"Just a super rough chop" Chops the carrots and celery more evenly than I do when I'm trying to chop them evenly

[fridgejohn]

3:33
Molly: *puts tongs into holder*


also molly, literally 2 seconds later: *takes tongs out of holder*

[MegSays]

My love for BA and Molly is shown in the fact that I don't even eat meat but clicked on this SO fast