Garden Soup With Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 lb chicken
• 1 cup celery, diced very small
• 1 cup onion, diced very small
• 1 cup green pepper, diced very small
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups new potatoes, quartered
• 2 cups carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1 cup lima beans (fresh are best)
• 1 cup raw green beans, in 1 inch pieces
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 4 -5 cups chicken broth
• bay leaf
• salt and pepper
• garlic
• oregano

Recipe

• 1 dice chicken into spoon sized pieces.
• 2 melt a little of the butter in a large enameled pot.
• 3 season chicken and brown in pan over medium heat until golden.
• 4 remove chicken to a bowl and add onion, celery, pepper, butter and a splash of broth to pot.
• 5 scrape the bottom of the pot to get up the brownings from the chicken.
• 6 sweat the veggies until golden and very soft, the broth will evaporate completely.
• 7 add the rest of the veggies and return chicken to the pot.
• 8 dilute the tomato paste with some broth and pour into the pot.
• 9 add seasonings and enough broth to just cover veggies and chicken.
• 10 bring to a boil and turn heat down.
• 11 simmer until potatoes and beans are fork tender.