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Italian Chicken Soup

The comfort of Chicken Soup with a twist. We all know that Chicken Soup is good for the Soul, however, this recipe makes Chicken Soup great for the tastebuds and the tummy.
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Prep Time 8 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 28 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 298
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Chicken cooked and cubed or shredded
  • 8 ounces Ditalini Pasta
  • 4 cups Chicken Stock or Chicken Broth
  • 1 tbsp Oil
  • 1 Bell Pepper Orange, seeded and diced
  • ½ White Onion diced
  • 2 stalks Celery sliced and diced
  • 2 cans Petite Diced Tomatoes (15 ounce cans), Do Not Drain
  • 1 jalapeno pepper seeded and diced
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • ¼ tsp black Pepper
  • 1 tsp Basil dried
  • 1 tsp Oregano dried

Method
 

  1. 1. Cook the pasta according to package directions, to Al dente stage
    2. Drain and rinse the pasta, set aside
    3. In a Dutch oven, add the Oil and heat over medium high heat
    4. Add in the onion, celery, jalapeno and orange pepper
    5. Saute until tender
    6. To the Dutch oven, add in the chicken, the broth, water, tomatoes with the juice,
    7. Stir in the herbs and salt and pepper
    8. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes
    9. Stir in the pasta
    10. Add the heavy cream and stir to combine
    11. Serve hot with crusty slices of bread or rolls

Notes

What is Ditalini pasta?
It is a type of pasta that is shaped like small tubes, they are not very large but they will hold some of the wonderful broth of this soup. This could be substituted if you can not find Ditalini at your local market.