Chicken Bell Pepper Soup With Brown Rice

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 orange bell pepper, chopped
• 1 (8 ounce) container sliced cremini mushrooms
• 1 tomato, seeded and chopped
• 1 onion, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 lemon, zest of
• 2 lemons, juice of
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 3 tablespoons olive oil (2 for chicken, 1 for veggies)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 (32 ounce) container chicken broth
• 2 cups prepared minute brown rice
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt, for seasoning chicken

Recipe

• 1 salt the chicken with garlic salt and pepper.
• 2 brown in a dutch oven or soup pot remove from pot.
• 3 in same pot add remaining olive oil and butter.
• 4 add vegetable and lemon zest (not the lemon juice yet).
• 5 cook the veggies down about 10 minutes maybe less.
• 6 add the chicken back to the pot and add the chick broth, basil,
• 7 and lemon juice.
• 8 while thats cooking prepare 2 cups brown minute rice according
• 9 to package.
• 10 when the soup is finished about 20 minutes put in bowls.
• 11 and spoon brown rice on top of bowls.
• 12 serve with a nice crusty bread.