New twist on the old chicken soup:

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

place all ingredients into a large pot cover with water, bring to a boil and simmer with lid on low for 1 hour. skim the scum as needed with a slotted spoon. Remove chicken from pot, let cool a bit and 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 starined 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.

hope you like it!