Grandpa's Garden Chicken Soup recipe

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Ingredients

1 whole chicken, quartered
water, to cover
½ large onion, chopped
1 stalk celery with leaves, cut into chunks
3 cubes chicken bouillon
¼ cup chopped fresh basil
¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
2 Yukon Gold potatoes, diced
2 kohlrabi bulbs, peeled and diced
2 carrots, sliced
1 large turnip, diced
½ medium head cabbage, chopped
2 ears sweet corn, cut from cob
4 ounces fresh green beans, trimmed
1 tomato, chopped

Nutrition Info

209.3 calories
carbohydrate: 15.5 g
cholesterol: 49.9 mg
fat: 8.5 g
fiber: 3.3 g
protein: 18.6 g
saturatedFat: 2.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 376.2 mg
sugar: 4.6 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Put chicken pieces in a large stockpot, pour enough water over chicken to cover completely. Add onion, celery, bouillon cubes, basil, parsley, garlic, salt, and pepper to the pot, bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Cook at a simmer until the chicken is cooked through and tender, about 1 hour.

  2. Remove and discard celery chunks. Remove chicken to a cutting board to cool, cut as much meat as possible from the bones and chop roughly. Return chicken to stock.

  3. Stir potatoes, kohlrabi, carrots, and turnip into the soup, cook until the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Add cabbage, corn, green beans, and tomato, cook until the green beans are tender, 7 to 10 minutes more.

Recipe Yield

12 servings

Recipe Note

Grandpa sends me veggies from his huge garden every year and I use 'em for this soup, which has been called 'the best soup I've ever eaten' by friends. It's pretty unstructured and can change to meet your personal tastes. It's basically a chicken veggie soup;it's the FRESH veggies that make it the best. I just throw stuff in until it looks and tastes the way I want it to. It's also GREAT if you're sick;I swear it'll cure what ails ya! YUM! The longer you SLOWLY cook the soup, the more flavorful it becomes. I often eat a bowl while it's simmering 'cause I can't wait.

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