Recipe: Yummy Chicken Minestrone Soup

Chicken Minestrone Soup.

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

Ingredients of Chicken Minestrone Soup

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