Recipe: Perfect Italian Chicken Vegetable Bean Soup

Italian Chicken Vegetable Bean Soup.

You can have Italian Chicken Vegetable Bean Soup using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Italian Chicken Vegetable Bean Soup

1. Prepare 3 Tablespoons of olive oil.
2. You need 3 cloves of garlic -- chopped.
3. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper.
4. It's 1/4 teaspoon of thyme.
5. Prepare 1 teaspoon of fennel seed.
6. You need 1/2 of large onion -- diced 1/4 inch.
7. You need 1/2 of large red bell pepper -- diced 1/4 inch.
8. It's 2 of large carrots -- diced 1/4 inch.
9. You need 1 stalk of celery -- diced 1/4 inch.
10. You need 4 tablespoons of flour.
11. You need 4 cups of chicken stock.
12. You need 1 cup of diced tomatoes.
13. It's 1/2 teaspoon of fresh rosemary finely chopped.
14. You need 1 pound of cooked chicken, diced 1/2 inch (rotisserie chicken is real good).
15. You need 2 cups of white beans, cooked or canned,drained.
16. You need 3 cups of fresh spinach (take off the stems) or 1/2 cup frozen spinach.
17. Prepare to taste of salt.

Italian Chicken Vegetable Bean Soup step by step

1. In a large stock pot add the oil and lightly brown the garlic then add the vegetables and turn to lower heat..
2. Sweat the vegetables and spices over a medium low heat for 8 minutes covered with a lid..
3. Dust with the flour and mix in to make the compound roux..
4. Add the chicken stock, tomatoes, rosemary and diced chicken. Bring to a boil and turn down to a simmer for 10 minutes..
5. Add the bean and simmer 10 more minutes, then add the spinach..
6. Adjust seasoning and serve..