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Can You Make Chicken Soup With Legs & Thighs?

Published Aug,17 2011 | By Maria Christensen

Frugal home cooks know that nearly every part of a chicken tossed into a pot makes good soup. However, for hearty, flavorful soups, legs and thighs are ideal because they have a stronger taste than white meat and make a correspondingly richer broth.

Since 1997, Maria Christensen has written about business, history, food, culture and travel for diverse publications. She ran her own business writing employee handbooks and business process manuals for small businesses, authored a guidebook to Seattle, and works as an accountant for a software company. Christensen studied communications at the University of Washington and history at Armstrong Atlantic State University.