Chicken Veggie Soup

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 45 min
Makes: HUGE pot!
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
4 stalks celery, diced
2 carrots, chopped into medium/small pieces
2 zucchini, diced
1 can white kidney beans
1 cup cooked chicken, shredded
6-7 tablespoons chicken base
2 quarts water
1 bay leaf
Salt/pepper to taste
Dried Basil
Cook Time: 45 min
Makes: HUGE pot!
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
4 stalks celery, diced
2 carrots, chopped into medium/small pieces
2 zucchini, diced
1 can white kidney beans
1 cup cooked chicken, shredded
6-7 tablespoons chicken base
2 quarts water
1 bay leaf
Salt/pepper to taste
Dried Basil

In a dutch oven or large soup pot, sauté onion, garlic, celery in olive oil over medium heat until soft, 6-8 minutes. Add carrots & zucchini, sauté another 4-6 minutes.

Add one cup water and cover for 10 minutes or so, until carrots are just soft. Turn heat up to high and add rest of water. Add chicken base and stir firmly but gently until base is dissolved into soup.
Once at a soft boil, turn heat to low.
Add chicken and salt, pepper, bay leaf, and basil to taste. Simmer for 25-40 minutes. Add beans. Enjoy!
I buy "Better Than Bouillon" organic chicken base at Costco-I researched it and as far as I can tell, the chicken base is gluten free. It doesn't advertise it on the outside, but I did some digging and this is what I found for this flavor only:
“We don’t test our finished products for gluten; therefore, we do not make any claims or representations regarding gluten. However, we understand how important it is for people who have been medically diagnosed with gluten sensitivity to have accurate information about foods to help plan their meals and diets. Therefore, we list ingredients that contain gluten on the ingredient statements of our products. These items will be listed using commonly known terms such as Wheat, Barley, Oats or Rye. For other ingredients that contain gluten, the grain source will be declared in parenthesis after the ingredient name. For example, if the ingredient “natural flavor” contains a gluten source, the label would read: natural flavor (contains rye).”
Which, in the flavor I use, no parenthesis are in the ingredients list indicating there is no gluten.
Once at a soft boil, turn heat to low.
Add chicken and salt, pepper, bay leaf, and basil to taste. Simmer for 25-40 minutes. Add beans. Enjoy!
I buy "Better Than Bouillon" organic chicken base at Costco-I researched it and as far as I can tell, the chicken base is gluten free. It doesn't advertise it on the outside, but I did some digging and this is what I found for this flavor only:
“We don’t test our finished products for gluten; therefore, we do not make any claims or representations regarding gluten. However, we understand how important it is for people who have been medically diagnosed with gluten sensitivity to have accurate information about foods to help plan their meals and diets. Therefore, we list ingredients that contain gluten on the ingredient statements of our products. These items will be listed using commonly known terms such as Wheat, Barley, Oats or Rye. For other ingredients that contain gluten, the grain source will be declared in parenthesis after the ingredient name. For example, if the ingredient “natural flavor” contains a gluten source, the label would read: natural flavor (contains rye).”
Which, in the flavor I use, no parenthesis are in the ingredients list indicating there is no gluten.