Chicken soup with oats

I found out today that steel cut oatmeal makes a great thickener in homemade soups. It seems to work better than barley or rice. I think this probably has to do with the soluble fiber in oats.

I made some simple chicken soup out of some chicken bones from a few nights ago. I didn't really measure anything son I'm not sure how to write up a recipe for this one. It was just homemade stock with celery, onions, carrots, some herbs and spices: garlic, black pepper, dill weed, thyme, a bay leaf. I brought everything to a boil and added about 1/2 cup of oats, then turned it down to a simmer, added some chopped up chicken meat, and let it stew for an hour. The result was a hearty thick chicken soup.