Chicken Farro Soup

Ingredients:

grouping #1
two medium turnips, diced
two carrots, cutting into coins
two parsnips, cutting into coins
two stalks celery (with greens), diced
two cups pearl onions
vi cups chicken stock
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 teaspoon (dried) Valencia orangish peel
two bay leaves
salt
freshly reason pepper

grouping #2
three cups diced, cooked chicken breast
1 loving cup farro
iv cups chicken stock
.25 oz porcini mushrooms, re-hydrated inwards 1 loving cup water, liquid reserved.


Directions:
Place the ingredients from grouping #1 inwards a iv quart deadening cooker. Stir. Cook for 6-8 hrs on low.

About xl minutes earlier y'all would similar to serve the soup, add together the chicken, re-hydrated mushrooms (chop the mushrooms if needed) too the mushroom liquid.

Meanwhile, convey iv cups stock too farro to boil inwards medium saucepan. Reduce estrus too simmer until tender, stirring occasionally, well-nigh 25 minutes. Drain or add together the liquid leftover to the soup. Stir the farro into the soup. Serve immediately.

My thoughts:

I mean value what I similar the most well-nigh soup is that it is a corking means to purpose upwards a bunch of ingredients without a lot of effort. I ever halt upwards alongside pocket-size amounts of ingredients from other recipe creations too I abhor throwing them out but roughly times in that place simply isn't plenty of them brand much of anything. Luckily alongside most soups, y'all don't involve likewise much of whatever i cistron to brand a delicious soup.

I roasted a chicken yesterday too ended upwards alongside a ton of leftover meat. I also had a lot of odds too ends of vegetables that I figured I could purpose up. I also wanted to attempt the novel Valencia orangish pare I bought (McCormick).

I accept a big handbag of farro leftover from when I was writing my most recent cookbook that I idea powerfulness move a expert add-on to the soup. I'd never had farro inwards soup earlier but I similar farro hence it was worth a shot. Luckily it worked well! It had a lovely chewy texture too spell it made the soup to a greater extent than filling that I mean value it would accept been otherwise, it didn't brand the soup appear "heavy".

Note: I made this inwards the deadening cooker but y'all could larn far on the stove top, simply saute the vegetables until softened hence add together the chicken, stock too cooked farro. It is simply slightly easier to brand inwards the deadening cooker too makes your identify aroma corking all day.