Chicken Soup
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Recipe type: Soup
 
Simple and quick homemade soup.
Ingredients
  • 6 cups water
  • 1 -2 packs of Trader Joe's chicken base, to taste
  • 1 can 16 oz chicken broth
  • ½ yellow onion, diced
  • 2 celery stalks, diced
  • 3 carrots, diced
  • 1 zucchini, sliced
  • 3 cups rotisserie chicken, shredded
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1 clove garlic, split in half
  • Olive oil
  • Salt, to taste
  • Pepper, to taste
  • 2 tablespoons chopped Italian parsley
  • 1½ cups dried fusili pasta
Instructions
  1. ) In a large stock pot, heat olive oil on medium high heat. Saute garlic, onions, celery, and carrots for about 5 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, and oregano.
  2. ) Add water, shredded chicken and zucchini. Add Trader Joe's chicken base packet. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 15 minutes.
  3. NOTE: Most any vegetable can be added to your soup. I usually use whatever is left-over in our fridge: zucchini, kale, spinach, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower. Occasionally, if I am in the mood for extra protein I will add a can of white beans too.
  4. ) Add 1 can of chicken broth and chopped parsley.
  5. ) In a small pot, bring water to boil. Add a pinch of salt, the dried fusili pasta and cook 8 minutes, or until tender. Drain water and gently spray with canola cooking spray to prevent pasta from sticking. Set aside.
  6. ) In a serving bowl, add a handful of pasta, then add hot soup. Serve with additional parsley for garnish.
  7. NOTE: I don't cook the soup with the pasta because the pasta just absorbs all the broth. I typically store the cooked pasta in tupperware and add this to the soup bowl, just before serving the chicken soup.
Recipe by Bebe Love Okazu at https://bebeloveokazu.com/2012/04/17/chicken-soup/