Hearty chicken and vegetable soup
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 each leeks halved, washed, thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 2 stick celery diced
- 2 small zucchini diced
- 1 each swede or turnip, peeled, diced
- 1 1/4 cups soup mix, dried rinsed
- 8 cups chicken broth
- 1000 grams chicken legs skinless, nice
- Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
- Add leek and garlic.
- Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until soft but not coloured.
- Add carrot, celery, zucchini and swede.
- Cook for 2 minutes.
- Stir in soup mix, stock, chicken and 1 cup cold water.
- Increase heat to high.
- Bring to the boil.
- Reduce heat to low.
- Simmer, partially covered, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour or until soup mix and vegetables are tender.
- Remove chicken legs from soup.
- Allow to cool slightly.
- Remove meat from bones.
- Roughly chop chicken meat and add to soup.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Ladle soup into warmed bowls.
- Serve.
olive oil, leeks, garlic, celery, zucchini, swede, soup mix, chicken broth, chicken
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/hearty-chicken-vegetable-soup-48410 (may not work)