Italian chicken and borlotti bean soup recipe Recipe - Better Homes & Gardens Australia

Ingredients

• 3 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• 4 rashers rindless bacon, sliced
• 6 skinless chicken thigh cutlets
• Sea-salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper, to season
• VEGETABLES
• 1 cup 1cm-diced sweet potato
• 1 small carrot, sliced into 1cm-thick rounds
• 2 sticks celery, sliced into 1cm-thick pieces
• 2 cups thickly shredded green cabbage
• 1 brown onion, finely chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, smashed
• HERBS AND SPICES
• 10 whole black peppercorns
• 1 fresh bay leaf (or 2 dried)
• 6 sprigs flat-leaf parsley 6 sprigs oregano
• LIQUID
• 2.25L water
• 400g can Italian cherry tomatoes in tomato juice 250ml red wine
• ADDITIONS
• 400g can borlotti beans, drained, rinsed
• 200g silverbeet leaves, roughly shredded
• Bocconcini balls, torn into bite-sized pieces
• Basil leaves
• Extra virgin olive oil, to drizzle