Chicken Veggie Soup

Ingredients

serves one 
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 leek or onion
2 garlic cloves
2 carrots
4 sticks celery
2 zucchini
1 swede
1 1/4 cups dry soup mix
1.5 - 2 litres (6-8 cups) chicken stock
1 cup cold water
1kg skinless chicken lovely legs or drumstick/chicken thigh with skin removed

Method

  1. Dice leek or onion
  2. Crush garlic 
  3. Wash and dice carrots, celery and zucchini 
  4. Peel and dice swede
  5. Heat oil in a pan on medium heat
  6. Add onion/leek and garlic and sauté for 2 minutes 
  7. Add veggies and cook for 2 minutes 
  8. Add stock, cold water, soup mix and chicken  
  9. Cook for about 45 - 60 minutes or until veggies are soft
  10. Remove chicken, take of bone, cut into pieces and return to soup

Recipe credit: Super Food Ideas - July 2006 , Page 67

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