Easiest Way to Prepare Speedy Hodge-Podge "Clean Out the Fridge" Chicken Soup

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, hodge-podge "clean out the fridge" chicken soup. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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Prepare your protein (chicken in this case) by using searing it in butter or any oil you choose covered (in the soup pot to be able to save on dishes!). This step helps the protein to retain its healthy moisture content and stop that rubbery texture of say…of boiled chicken, yuck! Remove the chook and allow it. Crockpot BBQ Chicken Sandwiches By shortyjourdy.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook hodge-podge "clean out the fridge" chicken soup using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Hodge-Podge "Clean Out the Fridge" Chicken Soup:

1. Take Dark-meat chicken 2lbs (I prefer bone on to later make bone broth)
2. Make ready Onion- 1/2 large, 1 whole small
3. Make ready Carrots- 2 whole peeled, thin circle slices
4. Get Celery- 2 whole stalks diced
5. Make ready Garlic- 2-4 cloves (or however much you prefer), chopped
6. Make ready 3 cups veggies of your choice (I used left over corn, peas, spinach, and mushrooms)
7. Make ready Wild Rice- 1 cup cooked (leftover from our weekly meal-prep)
8. Make ready Black Beans- 1 cup cooked (leftover from our weekly meal prep)

If you prefer a thicker, smooth soup, blend or process mixture to the desired consistency. For a thicker soup with chunks of vegetables, blend only. Quick easy way to use up small quantities of vegetables, herbs and spices in your fridge. I was supposed to make Chicken 'n' Dumplings this week.

Instructions to make Hodge-Podge "Clean Out the Fridge" Chicken Soup:

1. In our house, all soups start with the same basic formula (onion, celery, carrot, garlic and bone broth- Love ya mom!). Gather these ingredients and find a heavy pot (we use a cast iron stock pot), but use what you have.
2. Prepare your protein (chicken in this case) by searing it in butter or any oil you choose covered (in the soup pot if you want to save on dishes!). This step helps the protein to retain its natural moisture content and prevent that rubbery texture of say…of boiled chicken, yuck!
3. Remove the chicken and let it cool. Toss it into a bowl, plate etc.
4. Add a bit more butter/oil to the pot, set to medium heat and toss in the diced onion, carrot, celery till tender (5 mins or so), then add chopped garlic for a minute or two… stirring so it doesn't burn. We stay on medium heat for the rest of the process.
5. Add stock. Add leftovers. Add chicken. Add spices and whatever else you want to the pot.
6. Simmer for a few… 10-20 minutes depending on what you had for leftovers. Taste test. Serve hot. (Maybe with an ice cube for the littles)
7. Enjoy with fam.

Quick easy way to use up small quantities of vegetables, herbs and spices in your fridge. I was supposed to make Chicken 'n' Dumplings this week. But as usual, things didn't go as planned this week as far as the menu plan was concerned. I won't get into all of the… Yup, its soup week! But its cold, we've had a snow storm, and soup is always the warmest thing to have.

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