Friday, January 14, 2011

Fast Chicken Soup

Usually soups for me are somewhat protracted affairs.....a bunch of ingredients and chopping, simmering for many minutes, etc.  Didn't have the time or patience for that today.  Super fast soup:

Heat olive oil in a pot on med.  Chop an onion and a few cloves of garlic.  Saute in the olive oil for like 5-7 minutes.  Add a can of diced tomatoes, a can of chicken (Costco-sized), broth or water to cover, and some italian spices (like basil, oregano, marjoram, sage, or any blend you like).  I also added some dried garlic.  Stir everything together, turn up the heat, and start to bring it to a boil.  Grab some greens (like kale or spinach), tear 'em up, and throw them in.   

There's some sort of adage that says "A soup boiled is a soup spoiled."  Not in this case!  If the soup comes to a rolling boil, you can turn it down some, but I just let roll away until the greens were wilted and all the ingredients were definitely hot.  

Prep-start-time to blowing-on-food-trying-to-get-it-in-mouth time: 20 min.

Review:  I'd probably add two cans of chicken next time to up the protein content.  This is definitely not high gourmet, but it was good and easy.

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