Cooking my Nan's dinners: chicken soup

Cooking is one of the nicest ways to cherish and share your family history.

Back in autumn, I posted a video making my Nan’s potato hash — or ‘tater ash’ as we call it here in Manchester. It’s a simple, comforting dinner that carries a lot of memories for me.

Anyway, I thought I’d follow it up by showing you how I cook another of my Nan’s simple classics — chicken soup.

It’s the kind of dinner she’d make without any fuss — warming, nourishing and exactly what you need on a cold winter’s day.

Subscribe using the button below to watch the full video and to help me devote more time to my writing.

On holiday in Blackpool with my Nan and Pop in 1984.

You can also read about the Manchester dinner hour and what it means to me in a post I wrote last winter:

Making cookery films isn’t my usual format — I’m no Jamie Oliver obviously — so it’d be good to hear what you think in the comments.

And if you make Nan’s chicken soup, do post a photo of the results too. I hope you enjoy it.

P.S. If you’re a paid subscriber, you can watch my earlier tater ash video below…