{"id":59803,"date":"2026-04-07T11:53:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/?post_type=recipe&#038;p=59803"},"modified":"2026-08-27T10:19:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:19:44","slug":"chicken-noodle-and-pancetta-soup","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/lecoupdegrace.ca\/en\/recipe\/chicken-noodle-and-pancetta-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken thigh soup with kale and crispy pancetta"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\ud83c\udf72 <strong>A chicken thigh soup with real substance in it<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This one comes straight out of my first cookbook. I wanted a chicken noodle soup that didn&#8217;t taste like hot water with three sad carrots floating in it, so it got loaded: juicy boneless thighs, a pile of kale, crispy pancetta, and alphabet pasta because I never grew out of it. Every spoonful has to carry something. That&#8217;s my whole thing with soup, and it&#8217;s why the people who make this one stop making their old version.<\/p>\n<h3>\ud83e\udd53 <strong>Dark meat and pancetta do the work no broth can<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Thighs are the reason this bowl tastes like something. Dark meat holds its juice through a long simmer where breast meat gives up and turns to string. Render the pancetta slowly, keep a spoonful of the fat for the chicken, and you get a smoky, salty base no carton of broth will ever fake. The kale holds up in there instead of dissolving the way spinach does, and a cup of light lager goes in near the end to lift the browned bits off the bottom of the pot. Nobody tastes beer in the finished bowl. They taste depth and can&#8217;t place where it came from.<\/p>\n<h3>\ud83d\udd25 <strong>Sear one thing at a time, then salt it properly<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Pancetta first, chicken second, vegetables third, each on its own, each getting colour before any liquid shows up. Skip that and you get flat soup, and no amount of simmering afterward brings it back. Under-seasoning is the other classic mistake. Taste the broth before you serve and salt it again. It also freezes in single portions, which is how it usually ends up on my stove on a Tuesday when the day went sideways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comforting chicken soup with pancetta, kale, alphabet pasta and a blonde beer base that changes everything. The perfect bowl to warm up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":59801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"chicken thigh soup","_yoast_wpseo_title":"Chicken thigh soup with kale, pancetta and noodles","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Chicken thigh soup loaded with kale, crispy pancetta and alphabet noodles, simmered in a lager broth. 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