Chicken Vegetable Pasta Soup

Submitted by helowy

"This is a clean out the fridge and pantry sort of soup. Feel free to substitute whatever vegetables you have around. Now I like my soup with a high goodies to broth ratio, more like a stew perhaps, so you may want to add more liquid. This would easily work in a large crock pot if you added the pasta at the end."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 50mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can corn, with liquid
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomatoes seasoned with basil garlic & oregano, with liquid
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 1 cup frozen green beans
• 5 ounces frozen chopped broccoli
• 2 large carrots, chopped
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 7 -10 cups chicken broth (or more, or use half chicken broth, half vegetable broth)
• 1 cup orzo pasta

directions

1. Combine all ingredients except broth and orzo in a large pot.
2. Add broth until there is a little more broth than you like in a soup (the orzo will absorb some liquid).
3. Slowly bring the soup to a simmer and simmer for an hour or more.
4. Add orzo and continue to cook until orzo is tender.

Reviews

[Calee]

This is very good soup, loaded veggies and very thick! I used fresh broccoli and fresh green beans. The tomatoes with basil, oregano and garlic gives a nice flavor but I added a bit more garlic. Very easy to make. The orzo cooked in 15 minutes. Thanks for sharing this recipe, one I will be making again.

 

[Laura O.]

This is in my top ten soups list. I will be making this one alot from now on. It makes quite a bit, but I know none of it will go to waste. The only thing I left out was the celery. Wonderful flavor - no salt or pepper needed.

 

[FLKeysJen]

This is terrific - great combination of veggies - I did bring it to a boil before simmering and added garlic pepper and red pepper flakes.