Cajun Chicken Soup

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

Ingredients

• 4 skinless chicken breasts, chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 -2 jalapeno, chopped (remove the seeds, unless you like it really hot!!)
• 16 ounces mushrooms, sliced thickly
• 2 green peppers, chopped
• 1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
• 1 (15 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (10 ounce) can rotel
• 2 (8 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (16 ounce) box pasta (any kind)
• nonstick cooking spray
• cayenne pepper
• garlic powder
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 1. cook chicken in large skillet with non-stick spray. season with cayenne pepper, garlic powder, salt, and pepper to taste. while chicken is cooking, in a separate pot, cook pasta. (reserve cooking liquid).
• 2 2. once chicken is halfway cooked, add onion, green peppers, jalepenos, and mushrooms. let cook about 3-5 minute
• 3 3. add corn, beans, rotel, tomato sauce, tomato paste. heat through.
• 4 4. at this point i transferred this to a good sized pot because i didn't have enough room left in my skillet. then add pasta and 4 cups of the cooking liquid. stir it all together and let simmer 15-20 minute this let's the flavors "marry" the longer you simmer the more the flavors incorporate into the pasta.
• 5 serves 10 serving is 2 cups.