Quick Chicken Soup

A Betty Crocker betty-crocker-basics recipe for Quick Chicken Soup.

AmericanChickenIntermediate10 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
6
  • 3/4 pound cooked chicken (about 2 cups cut up)
  • 2 medium stalks celery
  • 2 medium carrots
  • 1 medium onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 4 (14 1/2 ounce) cans ready-to-serve 1/3-less-sodium chicken broth
  • 1 cup frozen green peas
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 teaspoon parsley flakes OR 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 dried bay leaf
  • 1 cup uncooked gemelli or rotini pasta (4 ounces)

Instructions

  1. 1

    Cut the chicken into 1/2-inch pieces.

  2. 2

    Slice the celery.

  3. 3

    Peel and slice the carrots.

  4. 4

    Peel and chop the onion.

  5. 5

    Hit garlic clove with flat side of heavy knife to crack the skin, which will then slip off easily. Finely chop garlic with knife.

  6. 6

    Heat the chicken, celery, carrots, onion, garlic, broth, frozen peas, parsley, thyme, pepper and bay leaf to boiling in the Dutch oven over high heat.

  7. 7

    Stir in the pasta.

  8. 8

    Heat to boiling over high heat, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.

  9. 9

    Once mixture is boiling, reduce heat just enough so mixture bubbles gently.

  10. 10

    Cook uncovered 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until pasta is tender and vegetables are tender when pierced with a fork.

  11. 11

    Remove and discard bay leaf.

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americanbetty-crocker-basics