CrockpotChickenSoup

I threw together a crockpot chicken soup from stuff I found in my kitchen, and it turned out pretty well. Note that I have a large crockpot, you will need to scale this down for a smaller model.

Ingredients

• 2 chicken breasts, cubed
• 4 cups water
• 5 carrots, diced
• 5 stalks celery, diced
• 1 green pepper, diced
• 1 yellow onion, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 tablespoons better than bouillon vegetable base
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1.5 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Instructions

Heat a saucepan to medium heat. Pour in olive oil, onions, peppers, and garlic. Saute (stirring frequently) until onions are translucent and peppers are beginning to get soft. Take off heat and set aside.

Set crockpot to high. Pour in all ingredients, including the onion and pepper mix. Adjust water as needed to achieve soup consistency.

Let soup cook for approximatey 4-5 hours. It's done when the celery and carrots are soft but not falling apart. If the soup is too bland at this point add some more vegetable base and/or salt.

Remove the bay leaves and you are ready to serve!

Ideas

Next time I'm going to try this with the chicken base instead of the vegetable base for more of a chicken flavor.

This would probably make a good chicken and rice soup too. I would cook the rice separately and then put it in when the soup is almost done.