Recipe: Yummy Italian Chicken Vegetable Bean Soup

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Italian Chicken Vegetable Bean Soup. Full of vegetables, chicken and two kinds of beans, all simmered in a tomato broth. If you love minestrone soup and then at the same time you love chicken soup then this Italian Chicken bean soup loaded with veggies is exactly what you are looking for! Canned white kidney beans, chicken broth and fresh spinach are used in this flavorful soup.

This recipe is a good base, however many of the suggested modifications should be considered.

Remove chicken to a platter to cool and strain the broth, discarding the vegetables and bay leaves.

Remove skin and bones from chicken and discard, cutting chicken into bite-size pieces - set aside.

You can cook Italian Chicken Vegetable Bean Soup using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Italian Chicken Vegetable Bean Soup

1. It’s 3 Tablespoons of olive oil.

2. It’s 3 cloves of garlic – chopped.

3. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper.

4. Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of thyme.

5. You need 1 teaspoon of fennel seed.

6. Prepare 1/2 of large onion – diced 1/4 inch.

7. It’s 1/2 of large red bell pepper – diced 1/4 inch.

8. Prepare 2 of large carrots – diced 1/4 inch.

9. It’s 1 stalk of celery – diced 1/4 inch.

10. It’s 4 tablespoons of flour.

11. It’s 4 cups of chicken stock.

12. Prepare 1 cup of diced tomatoes.

13. It’s 1/2 teaspoon of fresh rosemary finely chopped.

14. You need 1 pound of cooked chicken, diced 1/2 inch (rotisserie chicken is real good).

15. You need 2 cups of white beans, cooked or canned,drained.

16. Prepare 3 cups of fresh spinach (take off the stems) or 1/2 cup frozen spinach.

17. It’s to taste of salt.

Return broth to Dutch oven and add tomatoes, onions, parsley, ketchup, salt, rosemary, basil, garlic.

Bring a touch of the Italian countryside to your dinner table with this flavorful veggie-packed soup.

A hearty bowlful will warm up the coldest day!

Stir in beans, tomatoes, basil, oregano, salt, pepper and broth.

Italian Chicken Vegetable Bean Soup instructions

1. In a large stock pot add the oil and lightly brown the garlic then add the vegetables and turn to lower heat..

2. Sweat the vegetables and spices over a medium low heat for 8 minutes covered with a lid..

3. Dust with the flour and mix in to make the compound roux..

4. Add the chicken stock, tomatoes, rosemary and diced chicken. Bring to a boil and turn down to a simmer for 10 minutes..

5. Add the bean and simmer 10 more minutes, then add the spinach..

6. Adjust seasoning and serve..

In this traditional Lucchese soup, vegetables and beans are slow-cooked until little to no bite remains, making it a rustic, comforting dish.

Be sure to give any tougher vegetables all the time they need to scompare, or disappear.

The quantities are flexible, so use whatever you have on hand.

This time, I made an Italian vegan garbanzo bean soup with tomatoes, carrots, celery, fennel, spinach, and lots of fresh parsley.

This vegan soup is not only packed with flavor but it's also super healthy and easy to make.