Ingredients: 1/2 whole chicken or chicken breasts with skin 1 onion diced 3 stalks celery diced 4 carrots diced 2 tsp salt 2 bay leaves Prep: Put all ingredients in a big pot with water to cover. Cook 1.5 hours. Remove chicken from soup. Discard skin and bones, return meat to soup. I buy a whole chicken and cut it down the middle, then freeze the unused half for another time.