Making Soup Question

I want to make chicken vegetable soup. I usually take water/chicken broth and boil that with the chicken, some spices and some veggies and cook for about an hour and then drain. Then I usually put in fresh veggies and shred up the cooked chicken and add that and cook that for a bit. Sometimes I make pasta in another pot and add those in at the end. I usually do this straight through.

Now, here is my question:
Can I split this into two parts, meaning i make the soup base/cook the chicken and then refrigerate until later tonight and when I take it back out I add the veggies (and possibly pasta)?? Is it bad to do some steps, put it in the fridge and then come back to it later at night?

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I don't see why not.

When will you be shredding the chicken..before or after?

Message edited 10/4/2011 2:05:03 PM.

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ill take the chicken out of the soup when i drain it all out but then leave the broth and the chicken in the fridge separate until i reheat and cook it with the fresh vegetables.

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Thank you. I just started making it and it smells so good and it is such a relief to know it will be half-done when dinner time rolls around and things get hectic here.

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