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Chicken Quinoa Soup Recipe

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    4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter, Or chicken juices from the rotisserie container
  • 2 Carrots, Peeled and diced
  • 2 stalks Celery, Diced
  • 1 Onion, Diced
  • 40 ounces Chicken Stock
  • 1 cup Rotisserie Chicken, Shredded
  • 2 Yellow Squashes, Julienned
  • 2 Plum Tomatoes, Diced
  • Salt and Pepper, To taste
  • 1/2 Lemon, Zested
  • 2 cups Spinach, Diced
  • 1/2 cup Cooked White Rice
  • 1/2 cup Cooked Quinoa
  • 1 tablespoon Fresh Dill
  • 1 tablespoon Fresh Parsley

Directions

  1. In a large 6-quart stock pot add the chicken fat to the pot on medium-high heat (use butter if you don’t have chicken fat available). Cook for one minute until melted.
  2. Add in the carrots, celery, and onions. Cook for 5 minutes with lid on. Mix half way through.
  3. Add 1/2 cup chicken stock to the pot and cook and additional 5 minutes until vegetables are soft.
  4. Add in the remaining chicken stock. Bring to a boil (about 5 minutes) then add in the julienned yellow squash, diced tomatoes, salt and pepper, and lemon zest and diced spinach.
  5. Cook for 5 minutes then add in the cooked white rice, quinoa, and the fresh herbs.
  6. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 additional minutes.
  7. Ladle into bowls and enjoy.

Notes

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