This gingery, garlicky chicken soup is a keeper

If you cook regularly, you probably have a stash of recipes that you consider “keepers” — the ones you make again and again because you love the flavor and they always turn out just right.

But do you have 100 such recipes? Me neither.

For her third cookbook, “Smitten Kitchen Keepers,” food blogger and author Deb Perelman decided to gather only recipes that met those stringent criteria.

JUSTIN TSUCALAS For The Washington Post Ginger Garlic Chicken Noodle Soup is a go-to dish on weeknights.