Cabbage and Tomato Chicken Soup

Cabbage and Tomato Chicken Soup

Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• 4 lbs chicken
• 1/2 head cabbage, shredded
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 2 tomatoes, peeled and coarsely chopped
• 3 carrots, sliced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped or 1 tablespoon dried chives
• 1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped or 1 teaspoon dried basil
• salt
• pepper, freshly ground

Directions

• 1 Cover chicken with water in a large pot. Cook 1 hour and remove chicken.
• 2 Meanwhile, prepare remaining ingredients, and add to pot after removing chicken, and cook for 1 hour.
• 3 Meanwhile, place chicken in baking dish and roast it in a 350 F oven for 30 minutes. After roasting, let chicken cool for 10 minutes before removing meat from the carcass and adding the meat to the soup pot.
• 4 Simmer until the meat is heated through, and serve.