Slow Simmer Chicken Vegetable Soup

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Slow-Simmer Chicken and Vegetable Soup

Debbie started this with the leftover bones of a roasted chicken. This is wonderful for that snowed-in day at home. Read how Debbie discovered this soup.

Stock

Chicken carcass
8 cups water
2 small onions, peeled but left whole
2 turnips, peeled and cut in half
2 carrots, cut in half
1 stalk celery, cut in half, with leaves if possible
1 bay leaf
2 cloves garlic, peeled but left whole
1 teaspoon salt
5 black peppercorns
Saved vegetable scraps such as potato peelings, spinach roots, pea pods

Soup:

(Many ingredients equal depth and richness)

2 tablespoons butter
2 cups chopped carrot
1 1/2 cups chopped celery
1 large leek, white only, finely chopped
7 - 8 cups chicken broth as above
3/4 cups brown rice
2 sprigs fresh thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dry
1 lb. boneless chicken breast, skinned and cubed in 1 inch pieces
1 pound potatoes, in 1/2 inch dice
1/2 pound turnips in 1/2 inch dice
8 ounces white mushrooms, sliced
1 package frozen peas
1/4 cup chopped parsley

METHOD

Stock: Put carcass of a roasted chicken in large soup kettle with 8 cups water. Add remaining ingredients. Bring water to a simmer. Lower heat to lowest possible setting and cook, covered, for a minimum of six hours.

Plan this soup two weeks before you make it, and collect wonderful ingredients for enrichment. Feel free to play.

After stock has cooked, remove and discard all ingredients. Strain through a sieve.

Soup: Heat butter in large soup kettle. Stir in carrot, celery and leek. Over very low heat, cook together for 9- 10 minutes.

Add chicken stock. Bring to a simmer and add the brown rice and the thyme. Cook over lowest heat for 30 minutes. Add chicken breast, potatoes and turnips, and continue to cook over lowest heat for 20 minutes. Add mushroom, parsley and peas and cook for an additional 10 minutes.

Taste for seasoning. Add more salt and pepper if necessary.

Serves 6 - 8

Contributor: Alison Binkerd for Debbie Farrell

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