New Twist on the Old Chicken Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 chicken, skinned and joined
• 1 med onion ,whole,
• 1 stalk celery, cut into 3rds
• 1 large carrot, cut into thirds
• 4 slices of fresh, ginger root.
• salt pepper to taste.

Directions:

Place all ingredients into a large pot cover with water, bring to a boil and turn the heat off. The chicken will cook very tender as it cools. Skim the scum as needed with a slotted spoon. Remove chicken from pot, after about an hour. Remove meat form bones and shred with fingers to bite size pieces. remove vegetables and strain liquid into a second smaller pot. return chicken to pot, add strained liquid reserving about a cup in the second pot. add vegetables to smaller pot, discarding the ginger root. using a hand blender puree the vegetables and return to original pot. simmer for an additional hour or until the chicken meat is tender. The ginger gives this soup a little something extra and the pureed vegetables give the soup a little body.