🇭🇺 Hungarian Chicken Soup (Magyar Csirkeleves)

📝 Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken (about 1.5 kg / 3–4 lbs), cut into pieces
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 2 parsnips, sliced
• 1 small celery root or 2 stalks, chopped
• 1 onion, peeled and halved
• 2–3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1–2 tsp salt (to taste)
• ½ tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp Hungarian paprika
• 1–2 bay leaves
• 150g (1 cup) small pasta or homemade dumplings (optional)
• Fresh parsley, chopped (for garnish)