Old School Chicken Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 300 g dried beans
• 4 shortcut bacon, rashers
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 4 onions, finely sliced
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 4 stalks sage or 4 stalks rosemary, tied with string
• 1 1/2 kg chicken
• 1/4 green cabbage, shredded
• 4 carrots, thinly sliced

Recipe

• 1 soak beans overnight.
• 2 saute oil, garlic, diced bacon and onions in a heavy bottomed large pot on low for 20 minutes or until golden and caremelized.
• 3 dump chicken on top. pour beans over chicken. pour in cold water to cover.
• 4 bring to the boil. cover, lower heat and simmer for 1 1/2 hours or until chicken is cooked. remove from liquid and set aside to cool.
• 5 skim surface of fat or blot with a paper towel. add cabbage and carrots and simmer 30 minutes. meanwhile, shred chicken, discarding skin and bones.
• 6 return chicken in last 5 minutes of cooking to warm through. discard herbs and season well.
• 7 serve with crusty bread and a green salad.