Chicken And Heaps Of Veges Soup

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 16 cups water
• 1 large cut-up chicken or 1 large chicken piece
• 2 onions, unpeeled
• 4 parsnips, peeled and left whole
• 1/2 cup chopped celery leaves, plus
• 2 stalks celery, and their leaves
• 1 rutabaga, peeled and quartered
• 1 large turnip, peeled and quartered
• 1 potato, peeled and quartered
• 6 carrots, peeled and left whole
• 6 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 6 tablespoons snipped fresh dill
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 zucchini

Recipe

• 1 put the water and the chicken in a large pot and bring the water to a boil. skim off the muck.
• 2 add vegetables except zucchini, the parsley, 4 tablespoons of the dill, and the salt and pepper. cover and simmer of 2 1/2 hours, adjusting the seasoning to taste.
• 3 strain, remove the chicken, discard the vegetables and refrigerate the liquid to solidify. refrigerate. remove the fat from the soup.
• 4 just before serving, reheat the soup. bring to a boil. cut the zucchini into thin strips and add to the soup.
• 5 simmer about 15 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked, but still firm. serve with the remaining snipped dill.