Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chicken soup with a twist. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Chicken Soup with a Twist is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Chicken Soup with a Twist is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chicken soup with a twist using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken Soup with a Twist:
- Make ready 5 boneless chicken breasts - cubed
- Get 4 red potatoes - chopped
- Make ready 1/2 cup celery - chopped
- Prepare 1/2 cup carrots - sliced
- Get 1/2 cup onions - chopped
- Make ready 12 oz penne pasta - al dente
- Prepare 1/2 cup olive oil
- Take 1/4 cup red wine vinargrette
- Take 1 tbsp salt
- Make ready 1 tsp fresh ground pepper
- Get 1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley
- Prepare 1/4 cup minced garlic
Steps to make Chicken Soup with a Twist:
- bring 8 cups of water to a boil
- in a large skillet place 1/4 cup minced garlic and add 1 tbsp olive oil at high heat for 2 minutes or until garlic begins to brown
- add chicken to the skillet as well as the red wine vinargrette, onions and cook for 8 minutes, stiring constantly
- after pot of water boils, add everything from skillet into pot and bring heat to medium heat and let simmer for 45 minutes
- after 45 minutes add red potatoes and pasta, let simmer for 25 minutes. after 25 minutes add rest of ingredients except for parsley to the pot and let simmer for 30 minutes
- after 30 minutes serve in a soup bowl and sprinkle parsley and serve
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