Chicken Tortellini Soup by Jen

Posted by carsimulator on Monday, April 5, 2010

Ingredients:
4 cups chicken broth or stock
3 cups water
1/3 cup green onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. basil leaves
2 cloves minced garlic
2 cups chicken breast (this can be 1/2 lb. of chicken or 2 cans of chicken)
1 pkg. (9 oz.) refrigerated three cheese tortellini
1 cup frozen peas
2 cans cream of chicken soup

Assembly:
Bring broth, water, onion, basil, minced garlic to boil in large 3 qt. saucepan.
Add pasta; reduce heat to medium uncovered cook 4 min.
Stir in chicken, peas, soup into the boiling water for the least 5 minutes of the cooking time. Stir occasionally. Remove from heat. Season with pepper.

If your soup is too thin, add 2 Tblsp of cornstarch and 1/2 cup water to thicken.

Freezer Friends:
Thaw and Enjoy!

I didn't cook the pasta the entire time, b/c of the reheating process.