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One medium soup pot preheated over medium high heat.
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While soup pot heats, chop carrots into 1/4-inch dice, then add garlic, and stir to coat in extra-virgin olive oil.
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Chop and drop in the zucchini, pepper and onion next, 1/2 inch dice.
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Season all the veggies with salt and pepper and herbes de Provence.
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Cook the veggies together 5 minutes.
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While they cook, cut potatoes into thin wedges.
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Add wine to vegetables and reduce a minute or so.
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Add the tomatoes, cut potatoes and stock to the pot, cover the pot and raise heat to high.
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Bring the stoup to a boil, then add cut chicken and simmer 8 to10 minutes until potatoes are just tender and chicken is cooked through.
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Serve stoup in shallow bowls and stir in a rounded spoonful of black olive tapenade at the table.
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Top soup with chopped parsley and pass crusty bread at the table for dipping and mopping.