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Hearty Chicken and Vegetable Soup

Recipe #298215 | 1¼ hours | 10 min prep | SERVES 6 -8 (Change Servings)

RECIPE BY: Stardustannie

This is the perfect winter warming soup...thick and hardy, a stick to your ribs meal when served with some crusty bread.

Posted on: Apr 14, 2008

Ingredients

  • tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 leek, halved, washed, thinly sliced
  • 2 garlic clove, crushed
  • large carrot, peeled, diced
  • sticks celery, diced
  • small zucchini, diced
  • 1 swede or potato, peeled, diced
  • 1 1/4 cups dry soup mix, rinsed (I used a mix of green and yellow split peas and red lentils)
  • cups chicken stock (can use a good quality powder)
  • kg skinless chicken legs
  • Directions

    1. 1
      Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add leek and garlic. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until soft but not coloured.
    2. 2
      Add carrot, celery, zucchini and swede. Cook for 2 minutes.
    3. 3
      Stir in soup mix, stock, chicken and 1 cup cold water. Increase heat to high. Bring to the boil.
    4. 4
      Reduce heat to low. Simmer, partially covered, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour or until soup mix and vegetables are tender add a little more water/stock if required.
    5. 5
      Remove chicken legs from soup. Allow to cool slightly. Remove meat from bones.
    6. 6
      Roughly chop chicken meat and add to soup.
    7. 7
      Season with salt and pepper.
    8. 8
      Ladle soup into bowls. Serve.

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    From: Sydney Mike

    On Apr 24, 2008

    For the most part, I made only half a recipe, but did use 1 leek, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 medium carrot, 1 medium potato, a lentil soup mix, 5 cups of chicken stock & 2 large chicken breasts, along with the other ingredients, of course, & seasoned it all with lemon pepper rather than S&P! Made into a very tasty, satisfying soup, which I served with a garlic infused (whole cloves!) multi-grain bread! Your recipe is definietly a keeper! [Tagged, made & reviewed for one of my teammates in the Aus/NZ Recipe Swap #15]

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    Nutrition Facts

    Serving Size 1 (636g)

    Recipe makes 6 servings

    The following items or measurements are not included below:

    soup mix

    Calories 401
    Calories from Fat 134 (33%)
    Amount Per Serving %DV
    Total Fat 15.0g 23%
    Saturated Fat 3.3g 16%
    Monounsaturated Fat 7.1g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 2.9g
    Trans Fat 0.2g
    Cholesterol 142mg 47%
    Sodium 639mg 26%
    Potassium 1141mg 32%
    Total Carbohydrate 21.8g 7%
    Dietary Fiber 2.9g 11%
    Sugars 10.7g
    Protein 43.4g 86%
    Vitamin A 2515mcg 50%
    Vitamin B6 1.0mg 48%
    Vitamin B12 0.6mcg 10%
    Vitamin C 26mg 44%
    Vitamin E 1mcg 5%
    Calcium 83mg 8%
    Iron 3mg 18%

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