Chicken Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• •Group 1:
• •1 3 pound chicken, whole
• •1 cup white pea beans
• •1 cup onions, chopped coarsely
• •1/2 cup green pepper, chopped coarsely
• •2 quarts water
• •1 tablespoon
• •1/2 teaspoon pepper
• •1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• •Additional Ingredients:
• •1 16 ounce can crushed tomatoes
• •2 cups eggplant, cut in 1 inch cubes
• •1 16 ounce can okra (optional)

Directions

1. 1Place the ingredients in Group 1 in a 4-quart kettle. Bring up to a boil and simmer until chicken is done.
2. 2Remove the chicken and put aside for use in an entree later.
3. 3Add the can of crushed tomatoes, the eggplant and the okra.
4. 4Simmer until beans are thoroughly cooked and soup has reduced by one quarter.
5. 5Correct the seasoning to your taste.