Chicken and Vegetable Soup

        Chicken and Vegetable Soup

Now that it’s April I’m starting to feel the chill in the air. The days have been lovely and sunny but the mornings and nights are getting cool, and as winter creeps in so too does the cold and flu season. Ben has recently been battling a cold and unfortunately I think i am now getting the starting signs of a cold. The foggy head, blocked nose and lethargy. So like every winter I start cooking up big batches of my chicken and vegetable soup to store in the fridge for future lunches, dinners and snacks.

This chicken and vegetable soup is great for soothing a cold and can assist in the healing process; not to mention the feeling of warmth and comfort it creates on a cold and rainy day.

 

The following chicken and vegetable soup was inspired by the soups my Nan Rita used to cook up for my sister and I when we would visit.

 

Chicken and Vegetable Soup

 

Ingredients:

6 x chicken drum sticks (remove the skin), mixed vegetables (I enjoy carrots, broccoli, celery, zucchini, sweet potato and pumpkin), olive oil, 1 clove garlic, 1x medium white onion,  2x handfuls of soup mix, 2L vegetable stock, 2L chicken stock

 

Method:

1.    Put the drumsticks in a pot with a splash of olive oil and lightly fry the outside of the drumstick. Remove from pot and place on a plate.

2.    Cut up the onion roughly then place in the pot still on medium heat and begin to cook. Then add the clove of garlic and keep stirring.

3.    Once the onion is golden add the chicken back into the pot. Next add the stock to the pot and start to bring to the boil.

4.    Cut up the vegetables roughly and add to the mix with the soup mix.

5.    Then bring to the boil. Once boiled place on medium to low heat and partially place the lid on. Stir occasionally.

6.    Let bubble away till the chicken starts to fall off the bone. Once you have removed the drumstick bones from the soup it’s ready to eat.

Enjoy!

If you would like to use a slow cooker for this recipe that is also fine. Slow cookers are a great way you can allow all the flavours to infuse throughout the day. Just stick to the same method but after lightly frying the onion, garlic and the drumsticks place all the ingredients together in the slow cooker.

Handy tip: To remove the skin from the drumsticks, use a clean cloth or paper towel, hold each drumstick and pull off the skin.

 

Love

 

Bianca xx