Chicken Soup

I've never made soup before. But this week I got a hankering for homemade chicken soup…so I made some today. I kind of made it up as I went along and both Alex and I were quite pleased with the result. It's a hearty soup and very delicious. Plus, what I did made a LOT.

4 chicken breasts, bone-in
4 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
3 large carrots, peeled and diced
1 onion, diced
1 900mL container of Campbell's low-sodium chicken broth
Salt and pepper to taste

1. Put the chicken breasts in a large pot and cover with a fair bit of water. Boil for approximately 1.5 hours, or until the chicken falls easily off the bone. Remove chicken from the pot and debone it. Set aside.

2. Strain the water from the pot and put it back in. This is going to be part of the liquid in the soup.

3. Peel and dice the potatoes and carrots, and dice the onion. Add to the liquid in the pot along with the chicken. Then pour in the container of chicken broth.

4. Add salt and pepper (I did 25 shakes of each) and stir thoroughly.

5. Bring to a boil then lower the temperature and cook until the potatoes and carrots are done, about 15 minutes.

6. Serve. We had buttered homemade rolls with ours.

This made a very large pot of soup. To the point where I had a large bowl and Alex had two large bowls and there is still about half the pot of soup left over.