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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have hodge-podge "clean out the fridge" chicken soup using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Hodge-Podge "Clean Out the Fridge" Chicken Soup:

1. Take Dark-meat chicken 2lbs (I prefer bone on to later make bone broth)
2. Take Onion- 1/2 large, 1 whole small
3. Take Carrots- 2 whole peeled, thin circle slices
4. Take Celery- 2 whole stalks diced
5. Get Garlic- 2-4 cloves (or however much you prefer), chopped
6. Get 3 cups veggies of your choice (I used left over corn, peas, spinach, and mushrooms)
7. Prepare Wild Rice- 1 cup cooked (leftover from our weekly meal-prep)
8. Make ready Black Beans- 1 cup cooked (leftover from our weekly meal prep)

Steaks and chops, with bones removed, are suitable to slice and add to soup. Chopped cooked beef, pork or chicken can be used, too. I took the chicken out and placed in a baking dish. Since I went to work, I put the soup and chicken in the refrigerator until I came home to work on it again.

Steps to make Hodge-Podge "Clean Out the Fridge" Chicken Soup:

1. In our house, all soups start with the same basic formula (onion, celery, carrot, garlic and bone broth- Love ya mom!). Gather these ingredients and find a heavy pot (we use a cast iron stock pot), but use what you have.
2. Prepare your protein (chicken in this case) by searing it in butter or any oil you choose covered (in the soup pot if you want to save on dishes!). This step helps the protein to retain its natural moisture content and prevent that rubbery texture of say…of boiled chicken, yuck!
3. Remove the chicken and let it cool. Toss it into a bowl, plate etc.
4. Add a bit more butter/oil to the pot, set to medium heat and toss in the diced onion, carrot, celery till tender (5 mins or so), then add chopped garlic for a minute or two… stirring so it doesn't burn. We stay on medium heat for the rest of the process.
5. Add stock. Add leftovers. Add chicken. Add spices and whatever else you want to the pot.
6. Simmer for a few… 10-20 minutes depending on what you had for leftovers. Taste test. Serve hot. (Maybe with an ice cube for the littles)
7. Enjoy with fam.

I skimmed the fat from the soup and discarded. You can take as much of the fat off the chicken before cooking it. That way you don't have to skim as much fat off later. Full of flavor and plenty of veggies, this easy vegetable soup is a great way to clear out some space in your produce drawer. This recipe is flexible enough that you can make ingredient changes based on what you have on hand.

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