Homemade chicken soup

[Detta]

Ok, so the chicken carcass is happily bubbling away in the saucepan. But what do I do next? Any suggestion please all you domestic goddesses out there?

did you add

carrots
celery
onion
bay leaf
black peppercorns

turn it on to simmer and leave it for hours

what kind of soup do you want? clear? creamy? what?

Disaster - computer crashed so once again it's just a tub of frozen chicken stock in the freezer! Can you still give me the recipe Twig? Don't mind creamy or clear. Thanks.

Gently fry a mix of sliced carrots/onions or leeks/celery with a packet of pancetta or some chopped up streaky bacon in some olive oil till softened. I use about 1 pound of veg to 1 pint of stock. Add stock, throw in some pearl barley, or tiny pasta or basmati rice, black pepper, tarragon and some of the left over chicken. I've even added left over gravy. Near the end add a tablespoon of harissa paste. Delicious!!! I could eat it now. Gorgeous with dumplings instead of past. If you leave it overnight it sets to jelly and seems even better the next day.