ROSEMARY CHICKEN SOUP RECIPES

Steps:

• the morning you want your soup for dinner put roaster chicken (remove inards from cavity and pat dry) in crockpot and add 3 cups water. Spread 3 tablespoons of butter on top of chicken and sprinkle with garlic powder, onion powder salt pepper and rosemary cover and set on low for at least 8 hours
• Put chicken on plate and let cool then shread chicken from bone and skin. reserve all liquid in crock pot. In a large soup pot put 2 to 3 tablespoons of olive oil once heated put carrots, celery, onion in pot and saute until onions are soft. Add baby spinach and garlic and saute further until spinach is wilted. Add potatoes, shredded chicken all reserved broth from crock pot and 1 box of chicken broth, salt and pepper to taste Bring to a boil then simmer on med low for 30 min. Serve.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, cover the beans with water by at least 1-inch and leave them in the refrigerator for 6 hours or overnight. Drain.
• In a large stockpot over low to medium heat, saute the onions with the olive oil until the onions are translucent, 10 to 15 minutes. Add the garlic and cook over low heat for 3 more minutes. Add the drained white beans, rosemary, chicken stock, and bay leaf. Cover, bring to a boil, and simmer for 30 to 40 minutes, until the beans are very soft. Remove the rosemary branch and the bay leaf. Pass the soup through the coarsest blade of a food mill, or place in the bowl of a food processor fitted with a steel blade and pulse until coarsely pureed. Return the soup to the pot to reheat and add salt and pepper, to taste. Serve hot.