Best Northern Italian Country Chicken Vegetable Soup Recipes

TUSCAN STYLE CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion and cook for 10 minutes on a low-medium heat, stirring occasionally until softened.
• Add the garlic and thyme and cook for a further 2 minutes. Add the celery, carrots and potatoes, stir, then add in the chicken stock, salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add in the drained cannellini beans and cook for a further 5 minutes
• Add the shredded chicken and heat through for 2-3 minutes, then add the kale. Stir and simmer for 1-2 minutes until the kale has wilted. Test and season with more salt and pepper if needed.
• Divide between four bowls, topped with fresh parsley, grated parmesan and a couple of sprigs of fresh thyme. Serve with some toasted granary bread.

COUNTRY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Add olive oil to hot dutch oven.
• Add garlic and crushed red pepper flakes and stir.
• Add onions, carrots, celery, and zucchini.
• Cook 10 minutes.
• Then add the stock, both cans of tomatoes, beans, garbanzo beans, drained green beans.
• Cook until bubbles and season with salt and pepper.
• Simmer for another 5 minutes.
• Take off heat and stir in basil.
• Stir in cooked noodles.
• Ladle sooup into bowls and serve with grated cheese and bread sticks.

HEARTY ITALIAN CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Heat the oil in a Dutch oven set over medium heat. Add the onion and crushed red pepper flakes and cook until the onions begin to soften, 5 minutes. Meanwhile, tie the parsley sprigs, lemon zest, and fennel tops together. Add the herb bundle, broth, 2 cups of water, and, if using, the cheese rind. Bring to a very gentle simmer and simmer until the chicken is just cooked through, about 8 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a cutting board and set aside until cool enough to handle. Remove the meat from the bones in large strips, and set aside.
• 2. Meanwhile, add the sliced fennel, carrots, and celery to the broth and season with salt, to taste. Continue to simmer until the vegetables are just tender, 5 minutes. Stir in the noodles and cook until just al dente, about 5 minutes. Stir in the reserved chicken, baby spinach, and Parmesan until the chicken is heated through and the spinach is wilted. Discard the herb bundle and cheese rind. Stir in lemon juice, to taste. Ladle the soup into serving bowls and serve with additional Parmesan for passing.

HEARTY ITALIAN CHICKEN VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stock pot on high heat, Sauté the chicken, onions, and celery in olive oil until chicken if browned and onions are translucent, (if using the crock-pot, uses a skillet for this step).
• For Stove top: Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil.
• Once the soup comes to a medium boil reduce heat to a simmer.
• Soup should just gently bubble from here on out.
• After 30 minute do a taste test of the broth add additional spices to your taste.
• simmer for an additional hour then test vegetables for doneness.
• For Crock-Pot: Transfer ingredients from skillet and add remaining ingredients.
• Set crockpot on high for two hours then reduce to low.
• After 2 hours do a taste test of the broth add additional spices to your taste.
• Let simmer for an additional 4 hours.
• (Warning if you have a high powered crock-pot and the soup begins to boil to hard reduce the setting to warm if it has one, otherwise unplug your crock-pot for awhile).