Recipe: Appetizing Italian Chicken Vegetable Bean Soup

Italian Chicken Vegetable Bean Soup.

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

Ingredients of Italian Chicken Vegetable Bean Soup

  1. Prepare 3 Tablespoons of olive oil.
  2. It’s 3 cloves of garlic — chopped.
  3. You need 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper.
  4. You need 1/4 teaspoon of thyme.
  5. You need 1 teaspoon of fennel seed.
  6. It’s 1/2 of large onion — diced 1/4 inch.
  7. Prepare 1/2 of large red bell pepper — diced 1/4 inch.
  8. You need 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. Prepare 4 cups of chicken stock.
  12. You need 1 cup of diced tomatoes.
  13. It’s 1/2 teaspoon of fresh rosemary finely chopped.
  14. It’s 1 pound of cooked chicken, diced 1/2 inch (rotisserie chicken is real good).
  15. It’s 2 cups of white beans, cooked or canned,drained.
  16. It’s 3 cups of fresh spinach (take off the stems) or 1/2 cup frozen spinach.
  17. You need to taste of salt.

Italian Chicken Vegetable Bean Soup step by step

  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..