This takes about an hour or so, but its soooo worth it!!! and you can make it in larger or smaller quantities! Here's what you'll need:
2 chicken breasts
1 sm/med onion
1 cup of carrots
1 cup of... (i used green beans, you could use WHAT EVER YOU LIKE!!!!)
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp flour
1/2 cup of pasta, I used orzo, rice shaped pasta, (because it doesn't get too mushy if you need to save left overs)
1 box of chicken broth
powdered or cubed chicken broth
Start off by browning the chicken in a large pot, you won't need to cook it through, just brown it and set aside. To make it healthier I didn't use any olive oil or butter at this step, but you could if you wanted to.
Remove chicken from pot
Add onions along with 1 tbsp of olive oil
Brown onions slightly, don't over do it because they will disappear once the soup has to boil.
once the onions are browned add the flour, and mix, if the flour is too dry, add in the 2nd tbsp of oil, mix up for a min or so to cook the flour.
Add in the liquid slowly to make sure the flour is not lumpy. Add 1/4 cup of liquid or so, mix up to create a creamy mixture, and then add more liquid, and so on and so on until you've added in about 2/3rds of the liquid.
Add in the carrots and chicken and let boil for about 30 mins making sure the carrots are tender.
After the 30 mins, you can add in any of the quick cooking vegetables you would like.
remove the chicken and shred it with a fork, add it back in.
let boil for a little while longer.
At this point you'll want to taste the liquid. If you find it flavorless, add in a tbsp of powdered chicken broth until you reach the desired taste. You can also add in parsley flakes, and any other dried herbs you like.
Add in the pasta, and once its cooked, serve and eat! its sooo good! you won't be able to stop eating it!!!!
**For all you weight watchers our there, I made the above, calculated it for 2 servings b/c i was very hungry! and it is 13 points per serving, you could cut the serving size down to 4 servings and it would be 7 points. you could also cut the flour and oil and it would be less. I use the flour to make it a little heartier but its not needed.
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