Prep Time- 30 min | Cook Time- 45 min | Makes 6 Servings
This soup, with its simmering herbs and sautéed mushrooms, makes the house smell like a delicious holiday feast!
Ingredients:
- 2 Tbsp Butter
- 13 oz (or more) Chicken– cooked and shredded
- 3 cloves Garlic– minced
- 8 oz Baby Bella Mushrooms– diced or sliced per your preference
- 1 large Onion– diced
- 3 large Carrots– diced or sliced
- 2 stalks Celery– diced
- 3/4 tsp Dried Thyme
- .25 Cup Flour
- 4 Cups Stock– chicken or vegetable
- 2 Dried Bay Leaves
- 2 Sprigs Fresh Rosemary
- 1 Tbsp dried Parsley
- Salt and Pepper to taste- I like to use white pepper for this recipe
- OPTIONAL– baguette for serving 🙂
* See notes at the bottom for ingredient alternatives and other ideas!
Instructions:
1- Gather all ingredients. Cook and shred (or dice) the chicken per personal preference. I sometimes buy a rotisserie chicken and shred white and dark meat. Chop all other necessary ingredients.
2- In a pan with HALF the Butter, sauté the Mushrooms and set them aside- keep any juice that there may be from this.
3- In a soup pot, melt the remaining Butter, add the Onions and sauté for about 5 minutes until softened. Add the Celery, Carrot, Garlic and cook an additional 5+ minutes until tender. Stir in the Thyme for another 2 minutes until fragrant. Add the sautéed Mushrooms.
4- Whisk in the Flour until it’s lightly browned, cook for 3 minutes while continuously mixing. Whisk in the Stock until the flour is fully incorporated. Add the Chicken and Bay Leaves and cover to reduce to a simmer for about 15 minutes.
5- Mix in the Parsley, Salt, and Pepper. Then place the sprigs of Rosemary and cover and simmer another 10 minutes. Remove the rosemary sprigs and dispose. Remove the pot from the heat.
NOTES:
HOW TO ENJOY– I love this soup on a cold night with a hunk of warm baguette!
ALTERNATIVES– you can use black pepper instead of white (I know many people are put off by the smell, lol); you can use left over chicken OR even turkey, I make this soup the day after thanksgiving with left over turkey meat; you can slice or dice all your vegies and meat however you want; you can omit the meat and make this a delicious vegetable soup…
