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Stew: Chicken & Pasta Stew

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

2 1/2 lb Chicken
6 c Water
1 ts Salt
3 Whole allspice
3 Peppercorns
1/2 Bay leaf
1 c Soup vegetables such as
.. carrot, onion, leek,
.. celery, or turnip
1 tb Vegetable oil
1 Onion; diced
2 Cloves garlic; sliced
2 c Diced eggplant
2 c Diced zucchini
2 c Skinned and diced tomato
1 Sprig fresh thyme OR 1/4 ts dried thyme
1/2 c Pasta of your choice



Recipe

Place chicken in large saucepan. Cover with water
and add salt, allspice, peppercorns and bay leaf.
Bring to a boil, skimming as needed. Simmer,
uncovered, for 1 1/2 hours. Add chopped soup
vegetables to chicken after first half hour of
cooking. Heat oil in separate saucepan. Add onion
and garlic; sauté until translucent. Add diced
eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes and thyme, continuing
to sauté 10 minutes more. Strain chicken broth.
Add 1 cup to vegetables in saucepan. Cook pasta in
remaining broth to desired doneness. Remove
chicken from carcass and cut into bite sized
pieces; add to vegetables. Pour pasta and cooking
broth over chicken vegetable mixture, stirring
until well mixed. Serve hot.

YIELD: 4 Servings