California Chicken Soup

"I made this soup tonight for my family. I'd have to say I was a little disappointed with it. First of all why add 3 cups of water to the chicken broth it just watered it down, I ended up adding some..." See more chicken bullion to it to bring some of the flavor back. Secondly adding the veggies the way stated in the instructions makes for some very over cooked veggies. I will make the soup again but next time I will not add the extra water, but extra broth. I’ll add the veggies the same time I add the tortellini and won’t have the soup simmer 25 minutes with the chicken before adding the veggies, 15 minutes of simmering is plenty before adding the veggies. I also added a handful of spinach at the very end just before serving, giving it just enough time to wilt before spooning it out into bowls. Some of my family don’t like Parmesan cheese so we just added it to our own bowls for those of us who wanted it. I think with these changes it will make a much better soup. I also have to say that I didn’t add the lemon pepper because I didn’t have any on hand, I just use ground black pepper."

"My husband and I loved this recipe. I had a few changes I roasted a chicken. The chicken shreaded I liked the effect. I had to use dried tortellini so I added and extra can of chicken broth. The o..." See morenly change for next time is I will add another can of broth to add more liquid."

"This is a delicious and multi texture soup. You can use leftover chix breast instead of cooking it in the soup--great way to get rid of leftover chicken plus using fresh veggies make it healthy too. ..." See more The before I broiled chicken breast with garlic pepper and olive oil for 15 minutes. It sat over night in the fridge, and I cut it up the next night for the soup. I added it last just to warm it up. Delicious!"