Ingredients
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2 tablespoons olive oil
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2 garlic cloves, crushed
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2 sticks celery, diced
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2 small zucchini, diced
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1 swede or 1 potato, peeled, diced
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8 cups chicken stock (can use a good quality powder)
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1 large carrot, peeled, diced
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1 leek, halved, washed, thinly sliced
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1 kg skinless chicken legs
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1 1/4 cups dry soup mix, rinsed (I used a mix of green and yellow split peas and red lentils)
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add leek and garlic. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes or until soft but not coloured.
- Add carrot, celery, zucchini and swede. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Stir in soup mix, stock, chicken and 1 cup cold water. Increase heat to high. Bring to the boil.
- Reduce heat to low. Simmer, partially covered, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour or until soup mix and vegetables are tender add a little more water/stock if required.
- Remove chicken legs from soup. Allow to cool slightly. Remove meat from bones.
- Roughly chop chicken meat and add to soup.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Ladle soup into bowls. Serve.