Chicken Vegetable Soup

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  • Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
1/4c Olive Oil1 Whole Chicken, cut into pieces and skin removed2 quarts water2 quarts chicken broth6 medium carrots, chopped6 medium celery stalks, chopped4 cloves garlic, crushed6 small potatoes (or Red potatoes)Your preferred soup spices
Directions
Add oil, chicken, and garlic to a soup pot and sear chicken on medium-high heat while stirring regularly. Add water and broth and bring to a boil. Allow to boil (not too hard) for 20 minutes.

Turn heat to low-medium. Remove chicken and debone. Return meat to pot with carrots, celery, potatoes and soup spices. We used dry basil, parsley, allspice, salt, and 1 bay leaf. Simmer on medium for another 10-15 minutes.

Serve after allowing to cool in serving dishes for a few minutes.

Makes 8-10 servings.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user ATHIMAE.

Servings Per Recipe: 8
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 252.8
  • Total Fat: 9.2 g
  • Cholesterol: 64.8 mg
  • Sodium: 165.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 17.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.1 g
  • Protein: 24.0 g

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