Chicken & Veg Soup

Ingredients

  • 50g butter

  • some olive oil

  • 1 leek

  • 2 cloves garlic

  • 2 carrots

  • 2 celery sticks

  • 1 red capsicum

  • 1 tsp dried thyme

  • 1/2 cup plain flour

  • 1 cups stock

  • 2 cups stock

  • 3 cups milk

  • 1 roast chicken

  • 1 cup corn kennels

  • some spinach

Directions

  • Heat the butter and olive oil in a large saucepan.

  • Add the diced onion, leek and minced garlic and saute until soft.

  • Add the chopped carrots, celery sticks, red capsicum and dried thyme and saute for a further 3 minutes.

  • Add the plain flour and mix to coat. Cook for 1 minute.

  • Add stock of the stock and stir until the flour has dissolved into the broth.

  • Add the stock, milk, shredded roast chicken and corn kennels.

  • Simmer on low for 20 mins.

  • Stir through spinach, season with salt and pepper and serve with croutons.