Leftover rotisserie chicken makes a great broth and excellent for this delicious minestrone soup. Kidney beans, noodles and tomatoes with store bought chicken.
Prep Time: 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 2 hourshours15 minutesminutes
Total Time: 2 hourshours25 minutesminutes
Servings: 10
Ingredients
1rotisserie chicken carcass
16cupswater
1oniondiced
1green pepperdiced
1candiced tomatoes28oz
1cankidney beansdrained
1cannavy beansdrained
1cantomato soup
1 1/2cupscooked chicken meatcubed
1tbspchili powder
1tspsalt
1/2tspblack pepper
2 1/2cupsdry macaroni noodles
Instructions
Bring chicken carcass and water to a boil in a large stock pot. Lower heat and let simmer for 1 1/2 hours to develop a nice chicken broth
Remove the carcass from the broth and strain.
Add the remaining ingredients, except the dry macaroni, to the broth. Bring to a very low boil and simmer for 30 more minutes.
Stir in the dry macaroni and cook until the noodles are tender.