Healthy Chicken Soup Recipes

February 20th, 2011

2 Healthy Chicken Soup Recipes

Other than the Chicken Chowder recipe on the main site, why don’t you try one of these great healthy chicken soup recipes to aid you in weight loss?

Healthy Chicken Soup Recipe 1

Chicken, Spinach and Pesto Soup
Serves 4

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons – Olive Oil
1 tablespoon – Pesto
1/2 cup – Chopped Carrots
1 – Large Chicken Breast
1 – Garlic Clove
1 litre – Chicken Stock
6 ounces – Baby Spinach
Salt & Pepper

Method:

Heat olive oil in pot.
Chop chicken breast.
Fry chicken breast and chopped carrots.
Once cooked, remove chicken breast and carrots and put aside.
In the same pot, fry the spinach for a few minutes.
Once the spinach has started to wilt, add chicken and carrots.
Add stock to the pan, and simmer for 5-10 minutes.
Add pesto and stir through.
Season to taste.
Serve in a bowls.

Healthy Chicken Soup Recipe 2

Chicken and Onion Soup
Serves 4

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons – olive oil
1 – large onion
1 – clove of garlic
1 – large chicken breast
1.5 litre – chicken stock
Salt and Pepper

Heat the olive oil in a pot.
Chop the chicken in to small cubes.
Fry the chicken until cooked.
Remove chicken from pot and put aside.
Chop onions in to fine strips.
Add onions to pot.
Cook until onions are browned/caramlised.
Add stock to pan, scraping up any browned residue from the bottom of the pan (deglazing).
Add chicken to pot.
Simmer for 5-10 minutes.
Season to taste.
Serve in bowls.

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