Recipe: Yummy Chicken Minestrone Soup

Chicken Minestrone Soup.

You can have Chicken Minestrone Soup using 28 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chicken Minestrone Soup

1. It's of Step one.
2. It's 4 tablespoons of oil.
3. You need 1/2 of each chopped onion.
4. Prepare 6 cloves of garlic, minced.
5. You need 2 stalks of chopped celery.
6. Prepare 1 of each chopped carrots.
7. It's of Step two.
8. Prepare 1/2 of dry pint Cherry tomatoes-diced or 1 -14. 5 ounce can of diced.
9. You need 1/2 of habanero pepper finely chopped (optional... we like it spicy:).
10. It's 1/4 of red bell pepper-small dice.
11. Prepare 1/4 of yellow bell pepper small dice.
12. You need 4 ounces of diced cooked chicken.
13. Prepare 2 tablespoon of tomato paste.
14. You need 1 of each potato -small diced.
15. It's 2 quarts of chicken broth (stock).
16. It's 2 tablespoons of parsley.
17. It's 1 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
18. It's 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper.
19. Prepare Pinch of thyme.
20. It's 1/4 teaspoon of oregano.
21. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of dry basil.
22. Prepare of Step three.
23. You need 1 cup of elbow macaroni.
24. You need 1 can of (14 ouces +/-) white kidney beans.
25. Prepare 1 cup of broccoli florets.
26. It's 1/2 cup of small cauliflower florets.
27. Prepare 3-4 of asparagus stalks cut thinly on a bias.
28. Prepare 1 of scallion cut on a bias –added as 2 minutes before the soup is done.

Chicken Minestrone Soup step by step

1. In a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, celery, garlic and carrots; sauté for 4 minutes..
2. Add tomatoes, peppers, diced chicken, tomato paste, potato, chicken broth, parsley, salt, pepper, thyme, oregano and basil to the pot. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat. Simmer for approximately 15 minutes until vegetables are barely tender..
3. Add the macaroni,white kidney beans broccoli, cauliflower and asparagus and simmer for 15 minutes more. Adjust as needed seasoning..
4. Add the scallions 2 minutes before the soup is done..