Garlicky Chicken Soup
"This recipe appeared in one of our Local Newspapers. However, I made some modifications and added some spices and vegetables. Turned out real good. A nice light soup."
photo by yogiclarebear
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large onion, chopped very small
- 2 large carrots, scrubbed and chopped very small
- 3 stalks celery, chopped into small pieces
- 2 large bay leaves
- 3⁄4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried sage
- 8 large garlic cloves, finely grated
- 8 cups chicken broth or 8 cups vegetable broth
- 1⁄2 teaspoon white pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt, to taste
- 1 cup fresh cauliflower floret
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 3/4 inch cubes
directions
- In a large saucepan, heat olive oil over low heat.
- Add onion, carrots, celery, bay leaves, thyme and sage and cook until onions softens and becomes translucent, about 8 minutes,,stirring occasionally.
- Add garlic and cook for 1 minute on medium-high heat.
- Add broth, white pepper, salt, and cauliflower florets; increase heat to high and bring to boil.
- Reduce heat to low; cover pot and simmer until carrots are softened, about 6 - 8 minutes.
- Add chicken cubes and bring soup back to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes longer or until chicken is cooked through and there is no pink showing in the chicken.
- Adjust seasonings to taste.
- Remove bay leaves and discard.
- Serve soup hot.
- Refrigerate any unused portion.
- NOTE: If you like a spicy soup, add about 1 teaspoon of Mexican Chili Powder and some Cayenne Pepper.
- I also went very light on the amount of salt used, so the soup could be somewhat bland, add salt to your taste.
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Reviews
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Not what I was looking for, but very nice. Like other reviewers I tossed in a handful of noodles. Reminded me of wonton soup. Thanks for sharing. -
Excellent soup. I added some noodles and extra broth to compensate. I loved all the veggies. -
The flavor is unbeatable. The only thing I did was I added more carrots, celery and min bow tie noodles. Next time I will leave out the noodles and add cauliflower, I always put cauliflower in my chicken soup. I think that even rice would be yummy in this soup. Thanks for another great recipe next week it will be German potato cheese soup! -
Really liked this. -
Wow. I'd been looking for a decent chicaken soup recipe that used boneless skinless, and then I found this! My roommate is afraid of bone-in meat, since it looks to much like it was something else before it was meat. This was really fast and easy and really really good!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
William Uncle Bill
Burnaby,, B.C.
I live in Burnaby, British Columbia. I am retired and have written a cookbook entitled, From Uncle Bill's Kitchen. I am a recipe developer, author, publisher, distributor and a chef. My cookbook is very unique as I have a Nutrient Analysis for each ingredient used in each recipe that shows you the values for Calories, Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium. A high-lighted bar shows the values on a per serving basis plus the Fat/Cal%.
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I have appeared on 48 various Television Shows in Vancouver, Burnaby, Kelowna and Kamploops, B.C. Canada, as well as in Palm Springs, CA. In Palm Springs, CA, I have been a Guest on the JACKIE OLDEN RADIO SHOW and THE JOEY ENGLISH RADIO SHOW, twice a year since 1998. I also do demo cooking shows at CHAPTERS BOOK STORES, SAVE-ON-FOOD STORES, GALLOWAY'S FOODS, WESTMINSTER PUBLIC QUAY MARKET, and in the U.S. at BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSTORES in Palm Springs, CA, Phoenix and Yuma, AZ.
I was in Palm Springs, CA from June 10th to July 14th. 2002 and again appeared twice on the Jackie Olden Show, twice on the Joey English Show and pre-taped a TV COOKING SHOW with Jackie Olden that is aired on TV from Palm Springs, CA to Los Angeles, CA.
