You're sick? You're broke? No energy? You wish someone would just make you some chicken soup?
Quit your whining. Here's how you do it, on a budget, and quickly.
You'll need:
• 6 drumsticks ($1.42) [You could splurge $5 and get a whole chicken, but I'm trying to keep it cheap for you].
• 1 can of chicken stock (69 cents)
• 1 large onion (99 cents)
• 1 large potato (79 cents) [optional]
• 4 carrots (50 cents)
• 2 celery stalks (30 cents)
[With the drumsticks and the potato, we're at $4.69.]
Put the chicken in a pot, skin and all. Pour the chicken stock in there, put some water on, put it on high heat.
Peel the onion, and chop it into quarters (it will separate), and drop it in the water. Peel and chop the potato, add it to the water. Chop the carrots and celery, add them to your soup.
With me? We're at, what, 6 minutes, and less than $5?
Here's the tough part: wait until it comes to a boil. Stir.
Turn the heat down to medium and cover, then go take a 2-hour nap (seriously, you're sick, you need the rest).
When you wake up, pick up each drumstick with some tongs, the skin and meat should more or less fall right off the bone (you may have to encourage it with a fork). You can toss the bones, and it's up to you whether you leave the skin in the soup or not (it's got kind of a strange consistency, you might want to pull it out).
You're all set to eat, now. Get better.