Hearty Chicken Vegetable Soup

• 2 -3 lbs chicken
• 1 (15 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1 (15 ounce) can Veg-All
• 1 (15 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
• 1 (4 ounce) jar mushrooms
• 1 bag frozen okra
• 1 bag frozen butter beans
• 1 medium onion
• 1 tablespoon red pepper
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon black pepper
• 3 large red potatoes
• 3 tablespoons oil (or bacon drippings)

1. Wash and clean chicken and put in a large stock pot.
2. Boil chicken till tender and the meat is falling off the bone.
3. Debone the chicken and set aside.
4. {Youwill add this to the soup 30 mins.
5. before done.
6. }In the broth{stock} of the boiled chicken, add the extra can of broth along with all the other ingredients including the oil.
7. Cut your potatoes into large chunks and dice the onion in small pieces.
8. Cook at medium heat stirring occasionally to keep from scorching on the bottom.
9. Oil can be substituted with margarine of your choice.
10. You can add garlic to this recipe or more salt if desired.
11. Cooking time varies as to how high of temperature you cook the soup, but average time for the vegetables to get done is about an hour, but add your deboned chicken 30 mins into cook time.
12. Serve over rice.
13. Great for someone ill.

chicken, chicken broth, vegall, tomatoes, mushrooms, frozen okra, butter, onion, red pepper, salt, black pepper, red potatoes, oil

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/hearty-chicken-vegetable-soup-77528 (may not work)