Recipe: Hearty Chicken Soup

Ingredients

Hearty Chicken Soup

Hearty Chicken Soup

  • 2 onions – chopped
  • 6 cloves garlic – minced
  • 6 cloves garlic – thinly sliced
  • 6 really small cloves garlic – peeled whole
  • 4 carrots – diced
  • 4 celery stalks – diced
  • 1 potato – cut to 1/3″ cubes
  • 2 zucchini – cut into 1/3″ cubes
  • 5-7 cups chicken broth
  • 3-4 tbs. smoked paprika
  • 1 ancho chili
  • 6-8 sprigs thyme or 4-5 tbs. dried thyme
  • 1 whole chicken roaster – shredded
  • 1 stick butter

Instructions

  1. Place stock pan over medium heat and add 2 tbs. olive oil and stick of butter. When the butter has melted add the onion, carrot, celery, 6 small whole garlic cloves and potato. Cook for 5 minutes until the onion is translucent.
  2. Add thyme, smoked paprika, sliced garlic and pepper. Cook for 2 minutes. Add minced garlic and chicken. Cook for 2-3 minutes until the garlic smells irresistable. Add chicken broth, bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer.
  3. Cut open the ancho chili pepper and place face down on a pan over medium / medium high heat. Cook on each side for 1-2 minutes. Place ancho chili in a blender with 1 cup broth from stock pan. Blend till smooth.
  4. Add ancho broth back to stock pan.
  5. Continue to simmer soup for up to 1 hour until soup is thick and flavorful. At about 30 minutes into simmering, add zucchini and adjust seasoning (thyme, smoked paprika, salt and pepper).
  6. Enjoy!
    Chicken Soup with additional Ancho and Chipotle Pepper

    Chicken Soup with additional Ancho and Chipotle Pepper

Variations

Chipotle would be great to add to this if you like spicy soup.

Sausage would also be a great addition.  Start by cooking sausage, then when sausage is rendering fat, add onion and follow recipe as is.

Cooking time (duration): 70

Number of servings (yield): 6

Meal type: dinner

My rating: 5 stars: ★★★★★

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