Garden State Vegetable Soup
- Total Time
- 1 hour
- Prep Time
- 1 hour
- Rating
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Ingredients
- 2quarts chicken stock
- 1tablespoon olive oil
- 1white onion, peeled and diced
- 1carrot, peeled and diced
- 1turnip, peeled and diced
- 1parsnip, peeled and diced
- ¼rutabaga, peeled and diced
- 3cloves garlic, minced
- 2shallots, minced
- ½teaspoon dried thyme
- ½teaspoon dried oregano
- ½teaspoon dried dried basil
- 1tablespoon fresh herbs like rosemary, thyme and oregano, chopped (optional)
- 2stalks celery, diced
- 1beefsteak tomato, diced
- 2leeks, diced
- 1small zucchini, diced
- 1small yellow squash, diced
- 1cup corn kernels, preferably fresh
- 1cup sliced white mushrooms
- 8ounces fresh spinach
- 1teaspoon salt
- Freshly cracked black pepper to taste
- Dash of Worcestershire sauce
- Dash of Tabasco
Preparation
- Step 1
Heat the chicken stock to a simmer. In a four-quart soup pot, heat the olive oil. Add the onion; saute until tender. Add the diced carrot, turnip, parsnip and rutabaga, and stir. Add the garlic, shallots and dried herbs, and stir again. Cover and cook the vegetables over medium heat for three to four minutes, until just tender, stirring occasionally. Add the hot chicken stock, the fresh herbs if desired, and the celery, tomato, leeks, zucchini, yellow squash, corn and mushrooms. Cook over medium for three to five minutes, until the squash is tender. Add the spinach, and season to taste with the salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco. Serve hot.
Private Notes
Comments
A good, quick, use all the vegetables up soup. I needed to play with the seasonings to bring the flavor up a bit and also found that it was better after it sat a bit. I had everything in the house (except for the rutabaga) so I guess I'm from New Jersey.
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