Dr e's get-well chicken vegetable soup

1 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
2tablespoonsOlive oil
1Chicken; (2 1/2 to 3 pounds), boned, skinned, and visible fat removed, (save the bones and the carcass, discard the skin) diced
teaspoonSalt
10Turns freshly ground black pepper; (1/2 teaspoon)
1cupChopped onions
½cupChopped celery
½cupDiced carrots
½cupChopped green onions
2tablespoonsMinced garlic
¼cup(loosely packed) fresh parsley leaves
1tablespoonChopped fresh basil
4Bay leaves
1tablespoonEmeril's Creole Seasoning; see recipe
2cupsAssorted chopped fresh vegetables; such as beans, zucchini, yellow squash, cabbage or whatever is in season
1cup(firmly packed) rinsed and torn spinach leaves
¼teaspoonCrushed red pepper
3quartsChicken stock
2cupsCooked fine or broad noodles

Directions

Heat the oil in a large heavy pot over high heat. When the oil is hot, add the chicken meat and bones, salt, and pepper and saut‚, stirring occasionally, until the meat and bones are brown, for about 5 minutes. Add the onions, celery, carrots, green onions, garlic, parsley, basil, bay leaves and Creole Seasoning and saut‚, stirring once or twice, for aobut 4 minutes. Add the chopped vegetables, spinach and crushed red pepper and saut‚ for 1 minute. Add the stock to the pot and bring it to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for about 25 minutes. Add the noodles, bring back to a boil, and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.

Remove the carcass and loose bones. Unless you're too ill to wait, the soup will taste even better if you refrigerate it overnight. The next day, remove and discard the congealed fat on the top and reheat the soup over medium heat.

Air date on GMA ⅛/98

Busted by Barb on 2/20/98

NOTES : Emeril's New New Orleans Cooking Recipe by: Emeril Lagasse

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by "abprice@..." <abprice@...> on Mar 19, 1998