Chicken and Vegetable Soup

This is a hearty wholesome soup full of chicken and vegetable flavour suitable anytime of the year.

Ingredients

2 tbls butter

200 g chopped onion

2000 g diced chicken thigh and breast

200 g sliced mushroom

200 g sliced carrots

100 g finely chopped red capsicum

2500 g chicken stock

2 tsp salt

½ tsp black ground pepper

150 g soup mix (see note)

310 g peeled and chopped potato

100 g finely chopped shallots

500 g cauliflower and broccoli

2 tbls mixed herbs

500 g corn kernels

100 g finely chopped spinach

Chopped parsley for serving

Method

Place butter in a large soup pot over medium heat and sweat the onion and chicken. Add the remainder of ingredients and bring to the boil. Lower the heat and simmer for approx. 20 minutes. Serve in a bowl with fresh chopped parsley.

Note: This soup mix is a blend of pearl barley, yellow split peas, green split peas, mung beans, white beans, red split lentils, small red beans, black eyed beans, faba beans, whole green lentils and pinto beans.