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This post was updated September 11, 2020.
One of my favorite things about fall is that it’s also soup season! I love to make soup and I love to eat it. (Honestly, I could also eat it even if it’s 90 degrees outside! :))
I just had to share this tasty, easy, budget-friendly chicken and vegetable soup recipe with you.
Sometimes the perfect recipe comes together when you’re not even trying. And I’m even happier when it does for me because I do not consider myself the greatest cook. This one turned out to be delicious!
I’ve got to give my husband credit for this one, as he randomly suggested buying a rotisserie chicken to make soup for dinner – something I know is pretty common but I had yet to do. After that we came up with the rest of the ingredients together.
When it came to picking out a rotisserie chicken, we wanted one that would have a lot of flavor. We went with one covered in garlic because we both love garlic. It is up to you if you’d like to put the skin in the soup as well. It would certainly add more flavor.
We already had carrots and celery on hand so it was a no-brainer to include those items. You can include whatever other or different veggies you think would be good. You can even add some carbs if you would like such as potatoes or pasta. This soup really is adaptable to your tastes!
If you’d rather save a few dollars and not include as many veggies, that would work as well.
My husband did not chop the basil leaves but instead pulled the leaves off the stems and dumped them in. You might choose to chop the basil.
I don’t care for mushrooms (my husband wanted to add them) but I was able to eat around them very easily.
The only cooking you do outside of simmering the soup is to saute the onion until it starts to become translucent. (You can choose to skip this step – the onion will still cook well.)
Then you dump the rest of ingredients in and let it simmer for about 30 minutes. That’s it! So simple!
We had this meal with a salad and dinner rolls. It was delicious, easy to make and very budget-friendly!
This final picture is when we made it with the basil bunch instead of the dried basil. You can definitely see the difference! But really, the flavor was great either way.
Give it a try and let me know what you think and what adjustments you made!
Chicken and Vegetable Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon oil (optional)
- 1 rotisserie chicken
- 1 small yellow onion, chopped
- 2 celery stalks, cut into bite size pieces
- 3 carrots, cut into bite size pieces
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 basil bunch or 1 1/2 teaspoons dried basil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dried parsley
- 4 cups water + 4 chicken bouillon cubes OR 4 cups of chicken broth (you can add more water if you prefer more broth)
- 1 cup of mushrooms
Instructions
- Pull apart rotisserie chicken into small pieces.
- Optional: Pour oil into pot and heat over medium-high.Saute onions in oil until they soften and begin to turn translucent, about 3-4 minutes. (You can skip this step but it does add a little more flavor to the onions.)
- Pour in rest of ingredients, except the mushrooms.
- Cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 20-30 minutes Stir occasionally.
- Pour in mushrooms at very end.
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Great recipe! Everyone loved it!
Thanks for the feedback!