Chicken Soup куриный суп

A simple, healthy soup.

What you will need:

4 Whole Chicken thighs, washed
2 medium onions, peeled
2 large potatoes, peeled
1 large carrot, diced
1 stick celery, diced (optional)
1-2 tsp oil or butter
salt
pepper
2 tbsp dill
a dollop of sour cream to serve

1. Take a large soup pot, fill with approximately 12-15 cups of water. Place the chicken in the pot, make sure the chicken is submerged in the water. Add one whole onion in the pot. Cover pot and boil for 40 minutes.
2. In a separate pan, warm some oil. Dice the second onion and add it to the pan. Mildly fry for 5 minutes on medium heat. The onions shouldn't get any colour, they should just soften. The recipe doesn't call for celery, but I added one diced celery into the pan to saute as well.
3. Add the sauteed onions and celery to the soup pot. Add salt, pepper, dill and carrots.
4. Immediately after step 3, Take the chicken out of the pot but keep the soup boiling still.
5. Peel the potatoes. You can add them whole to the soup pot or dice the potatoes and add. Boil for another 30-40 minutes until the potatoes are tender.
6. Finally shred the cooled chicken and add to the soup pot. Let the soup come to a boil once more.

And you're done. I've managed to make the recipe look difficult, but it's the simplest thing ever. Enjoy!

Here's a couple of good videos for it:  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fTUlJ-lAmk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wVffxH08Eg