How To Cook Easy Chicken Vegetable Soup

 

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 large onion, diced
• 1 large carrot, diced
• 2 celery stalks
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 chicken drumlettes or any bone-in chicken pieces)
• 2 bay leaves
• salt & pepper to taste 
• 4 cups low sodium chicken broth. Alternatively, I used 1 sachet of Japanese Dashi)
• 4 cups of water

Instructions

1. In a large pot, heat oil on medium-high.
2. Add in the carrots, onion and celery. Saute it for a few minutes. Toss in the garlic and stir it untill fragrant about 30 seconds.
   

   
   
   
3. Add in the chicken pieces, bay leaves, salt and pepper to taste, broth and water. 

   

   
   
4. Bring it to a boil and then reduce the heat to low to simmer. Cover the pot and let the soup cook for 1 hour. 

   
   
5. Remove the bay leaves from the pot. Taste the soup and adjust the salt and pepper (if necessary) 

   
   
6. Serve it hot!