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Therapeutic Chicken Soup

Source of Recipe


A Food Obsessed Life, by Michael Lee West






List of Ingredients



• 3 chicken breasts (bone in), skin removed
  
• 8 stalks celery, chopped
  
• 2 medium onions, chopped
  
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
  
• 1/2 green bell pepper, chopped
  
• 4 to 5 cloves garlic, minced (plus 2 Tbsp minced garlic from a jar)
  
• 4 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley
  
• 2 to 3 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme
  
• 3 leeks, chopped (use the white part)
  
• 4 to 5 carrots, peeled and sliced
  
• 3 potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
  
• 6 to 8 cans chicken broth (or equivalent amount of homemade stock)
  
• 3 Tbsp paprika
  
• Juice of 1 lemon
  
• 1 Tbsp sugar
  
• Salt, freshly ground pepper, and Tabasco sauce to taste
  






Instructions



1. Combine all ingredients; simmer for 2 hours, uncovered, over medium-low heat. During the last hour of cooking, reduce heat and simmer, covered.
   
   Variation: If desired, boil 1/4 to 1/2 box of fettucine or other pasta in a separate pan, according to package directions. Drain pasta; add to soup just before serving.
   
   Makes 10 to 12 servings.