Vegetable Soup
What do you make when you are cleaning out your refrigerator vegetable drawer? 
Why vegetable soup of course!
Here is a simple recipe for vegetable soup using ingredients that I had on hand but of course you can substitute what you have on hand. This is easy to make and can be served as a starter or with a piece of hearty bread as a main course.
Most of the vegetable soup recipes I've seen call for just water, but I had an extra 4 cups of chicken stock leftover from another recipe, so I decided to try it and it work out fine. In fact, it gave the soup some extra richness.
What's On Hand Vegetable Soup
Cooking Methods: Sauté and Simmer
Serves 6
INGREDIENTS
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 medium sized onion
- 2 each carrot
- 1 handfull green beans
- 8 each button mushrooms
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 3 cups water
- 6 each potato
- salt and pepper
- 1/4 cup parsley
PREP WORK
Not too much prep for this soup. Just chop up the onion, slice the carrots into 1/4 inch thick pieces, trim and halve the green beens. Slice the mushrooms into 1/4 inch pieces, chop the potatoes into 1/8's or 1/4's depending on their size and chop the parsley. Now you are ready to put it all together.
HOW TO MAKE AT HOME
Heat butter and oil on medium high in a soup pot. Sauté onion, carrot, green beans for 3-4 minutes.
Add mushrooms and cook for another 2 minutes. Add chicken stock and water, potatoes, and season with salt & pepper.
Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and cook at a gentle boil until the potatoes are tender. (approx. 15 minutes) Add parsley just before the potatoes are cooked.
Season to taste and serve.
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