Fancy Zucchini-Thickened Chicken Soup

from leadwiththediet.com

Basic Chicken Stock
  1. Bring all to a boil then simmer gently together in a kettle for about 1 hour, remove chicken and cool.
  2. If stock is not concentrated enough, you can take the meat off the bones, return the bones to the stock and simmer for another hour, leaving it at least partially uncovered.
  3. This makes a delicious, rich chicken broth from which you can make several different kinds of soup.
  4. If there is a lot of fat on the top, skim some off and refrigerate and save to season other foods, instead of butter or oil
Fancy Zucchini-Thickened Chicken Soup
  1. Before adding the vegetables and meat to to the chicken stock, cook a whole bunch of sliced zucchini in the stock.
  2. When soft, puree either in a blender or with a stick blender (you can leave some of the cooked squash out of the pureeing if you want to and add it back.
  3. Then add the vegetables (optional) and chicken into the thickened soup.