Chicken Soup with Butternut Squash and Shiitakes

• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1/2 pound shiitake mushrooms, stems removed and caps sliced
• 1 3/4 teaspoons salt
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 ribs celery, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 skinless chicken thighs
• 5 cups chicken stock or canned low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon, or 1 teaspoon dried
• 1 3/4-pound piece butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into approximately 1/2-inch pieces
• 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
• 1/4 cup heavy cream (optional)

1. In a large pot, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over moderately high heat.
2. Add the sliced mushrooms and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until brown, about 5 minutes.
3. Remove.
4. Reduce the heat to moderately low.
5. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil to the pot.
6. Add the onions and celery.
7. Cook, covered, for 4 minutes.
8. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute longer.
9. Add the chicken, stock, dried tarragon, if using, and the remaining 11/2 teaspoons salt.
10. Bring to a boil.
11. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
12. Add the squash and simmer until the chicken and squash are done, 15 to 20 minutes longer.
13. Remove the chicken from the soup.
14. Cut the meat off the bone and then into 1-inch pieces.
15. Skim any fat from the surface of the soup.
16. Return the chicken to the soup.
17. Add the mushrooms, parsley, fresh tarragon, if using, and cream, and heat through.

cooking oil, shiitake mushrooms, salt, onions, celery, garlic, chicken thighs, chicken stock, fresh tarragon, butternut squash, flatleaf, heavy cream

Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chicken-soup-with-butternut-squash-and-shiitakes (may not work)