grandpa's garden chicken soup

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 whole chicken, quartered
• water, to cover
• 1/2 large onion, chopped
• 1 stalk celery with leaves, cut into chunks
• 3 cubes chicken bouillon
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
• 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 yukon gold potatoes, diced
• 2 kohlrabi bulbs, peeled and diced
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 1 large turnip, diced
• 1/2 medium head cabbage, chopped
• 2 ears sweet corn, cut from cob
• 4 ounces fresh green beans, trimmed
• 1 tomato, chopped

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ready Time: 2 hrs


• put chicken pieces in a large stockpot; pour enough water over chicken to cover completely. add onion, celery, bouillon cubes, basil, parsley, garlic, salt, and pepper to the pot; bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. cook at a simmer until the chicken is cooked through and tender, about 1 hour.
• remove and discard celery chunks. remove chicken to a cutting board to cool; cut as much meat as possible from the bones and chop roughly. return chicken to stock.
• stir potatoes, kohlrabi, carrots, and turnip into the soup; cook until the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. add cabbage, corn, green beans, and tomato; cook until the green beans are tender, 7 to 10 minutes more.