Southern Italian Chicken Soup

Southern Italian Chicken Soup
Southern Italian Chicken Soup might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 40g of protein, 19g of fat, and a total of 473 calories. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 30% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It will be a hit at your Autumn event. If you have pepper, parmesan cheese, skinned and boned chicken breasts, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. It is a budget friendly recipe for fans of Southern food.

Instructions

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Saut first 4 ingredients in 2 Tbsp. hot oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat 3 to 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in broth and next 3 ingredients; bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to medium, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.
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Meanwhile, sprinkle chicken with salt and black pepper. Cook in remaining 1 Tbsp. hot oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat 5 minutes on each side or until lightly browned. Cool slightly (about 5 minutes); cut into 1-inch pieces.
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Add okra, black-eyed peas, and chicken to Dutch oven. Simmer, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes or until okra is tender.
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Add tortellini, and cook, stirring occasionally, 3 minutes or until tortellini is done.
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Serve with Parmesan.
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Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are great choices for Southern. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Schlossgut Diel Nahe Riesling Kabinett. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.2 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 23 dollars per bottle.
Schlossgut Diel Nahe Riesling Kabinett
Schlossgut Diel Nahe Riesling Kabinett
A delicious and perfectly balanced Riesling with glorious aromas of golden delicious apples. Stretched taut but neither austere nor lean. A Riesling Ideal.
DifficultyHard
Ready In50 m.
Servings8
Health Score27
CuisinesSouthern
Dish TypesSoup
OccasionsFallWinter
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