Green Amaranth And Chicken Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 quarts chicken stock
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 carrot, chopped
1 onion, chopped
2 potatoes, chopped
1 bay leaf
3 cups chopped amaranth leaves
3 garlic scapes
1/2 cup chopped scallions, or to taste
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley, or to taste
salt and ground black pepper to taste
2 cups cubed, cooked chicken, or as desired

Preparation

Bring stock to a boil in a stockpot. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add carrot and onion; cook and stir until onion is translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Scrape carrot and onion into to stock.
Stir potatoes and bay leaf into stock; cook and stir until potatoes begin to soften, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir amaranth leaves and garlic scapes into stock; continue to cook and stir until soup flavors have melded and potatoes can be easily pierced with a fork, 5 to 10 minutes more. Stir scallions, parsley, salt, and pepper into soup.
Divide chicken among 4 serving bowls. Pour soup over chicken to serve.