Chicken Soup for Stars
 
 
Ingredients
  • 2-3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 sweet onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 small zucchini
  • 2 peppers, red and yellow
  • 3 celery stalks
  • 4-5 carrots
  • 6-8 small new potatoes, flesh on
  • 2 tsp tarragon
  • Kosher salt and freshly cracked
  • black pepper, to taste
  • 1 store bought rotisserie chicken
  • (or leftover chicken)
  • 3 liters chicken stock
  • Star shaped soup noodles, rice or small pasta noodles
Instructions
  1. Splash olive oil in large soup pot and heat on medium-high.
  2. Chop onion and diced garlic and add to the pot. Stir to lightly brown and soften the onion. Meanwhile, dice and chop remaining ingredients. Add to the pot.
  3. Remove meat from the chicken and dice. Add to the vegetables. Cover with chicken stock.
  4. Season the soup with tarragon and salt and pepper, to taste.
  5. Ten minutes before serving add rice or pasta to the soup to cook.
  6. If sharing… allow to cool and pour into glass heat-proof mason jars, add a loaf of homemade bread and hand-deliver… with love..
Recipe by Just a Smidgen at https://justasmidgen.com/2012/01/10/5172/