Chicken And Pastina Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 2 (32 ounce) cartons chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup carrot, diced
• 1/2 cup celery, diced
• 1 cup crushed tomatoes
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cup acini di pepe pasta, uncooked
• 2 cups mustard greens, chopped
• 1/3 cup parmesan cheese, shredded

Recipe

• 1 place chicken in 12 inch skillet. add 1 carton of broth and heat to boiling.
• 2 reduce heat, cover and simmer 20 minutes or until juice of chicken is clear when thickest part is cut.
• 3 meanwhile, in 5 quart stockpot, heat oil over medium heat.
• 4 add onion, carrot and celery.
• 5 cook 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally until vegetables are tender.
• 6 drain chicken, reserving broth and set chicken aside.
• 7 strain broth and add to vegetables.
• 8 stir remaining carton of broth, tomatoes, salt, pepper and bay leaf into stockpot and heat to boiling.
• 9 stir in pasta. reduce heat, cover and simmer 15 minutes.
• 10 shred or cut chicken into bite size pieces and add to soup.
• 11 stir in greens just until wilted and remove bay leaf.
• 12 serve with parmesan cheese.