Hearty Italian Chicken Vegetable Soup

Name: Hearty Italian Chicken Vegetable Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 16 3/4 cup serving
Ingredients: 2 lbs chicken breasts (diced); 2 (12 ounce) cans tomatoes (diced); 1 cup celery (diced); 1 cup onion (diced); 1/2 cup corn; 1/2 cup peas; 1/2 cup carrot (diced); 1/2 cup green beans (diced); 1 cup potato (diced); 6 cups hot water; 6 chicken bouillon cubes; 1 tablespoon basil; 1 tablespoon oregano; 1 tablespoon garlic powder; 1 teaspoon ground black pepper; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 1 (4 ounce) can tomato paste

Submitted by DaHomeCooker

"A hearty chicken soup good for cold weather. This is a scratch recipe of my own creation. Can be done in a crock pot"

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Ready In:: 2hrs 30mins
Ingredients:: 17
Yields:: 16 3/4 cup serving

ingredients

2 lbs chicken breasts (diced)
2 (12 ounce) cans tomatoes (diced)
1 cup celery (diced)
1 cup onion (diced)
¹⁄₂ cup corn
¹⁄₂ cup peas
¹⁄₂ cup carrot (diced)
¹⁄₂ cup green beans (diced)
1 cup potato (diced)
6 cups hot water
6 chicken bouillon cubes
1 tablespoon basil
1 tablespoon oregano
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 (4 ounce) can tomato paste

directions

In a large stock pot on high heat, Sauté the chicken, onions, and celery in olive oil until chicken if browned and onions are translucent, (if using the crock-pot, uses a skillet for this step).
For Stove top: Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil.
Once the soup comes to a medium boil reduce heat to a simmer.
Soup should just gently bubble from here on out.
After 30 minute do a taste test of the broth add additional spices to your taste.
simmer for an additional hour then test vegetables for doneness.
For Crock-Pot: Transfer ingredients from skillet and add remaining ingredients.
Set crockpot on high for two hours then reduce to low.
After 2 hours do a taste test of the broth add additional spices to your taste.
Let simmer for an additional 4 hours.
(Warning if you have a high powered crock-pot and the soup begins to boil to hard reduce the setting to warm if it has one, otherwise unplug your crock-pot for awhile).

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I used canned veggies, and added White beans, also 1 48 oz V-8 juice and for the tomatoes, I used roasted garlic tomatoes. This was very easy, very good, and very filling. I did not use bouillon cubes. Cooked on the stove this was a great Weight Watchers soup. Thanks

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DaHomeCooker

I learned to cook out of desperation. My Grandmother was a great "Down Home" cook and she spoiled me. My Mom was into TV Dinners, yes those things that used to come on a foil tray. Yuk. My first experience with cooking actually was in Boy Scouts over a campfire. After a few times at cooking, I allways got "drafted" because all the other kids likes my cooking better. I've dome all the cooking for my family for over 30 years. and my kids are so spoiled, when they come home for college, they turn down going out and want me to cook. (Can you say "Spoiled") I only really follow a recipe when I'm baking. The rest of the time I either modify it, or I just wing it with out a recipe. ( It pays to write stuff down when you do this though because sometimes you stumble on something awesome, and then you can't recreate it) <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/adoptedspring08.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">

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