Spinach Chicken Soup Recipes

HERBED CHICKEN & SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 13 ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until chicken is tender. Stir in spinach; cook 30 minutes longer or until spinach is wilted. Top with cheese.

CHICKEN, LENTIL, AND SPINACH SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot or dutch oven over medium high heat.
• Add in the onions, carrots, celery, and garlic, and cook until vegetables begin to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Add in the tomato paste, and stir to coat the vegetables. Cook until the tomato paste begins to darken a little, about 2-3 minutes.
• Stir in the broth or water, lentils, paprika, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil. Add in the chicken and cook for about 5 minutes. Turn heat to medium low, cover, and continue to cook for about 35-45 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and lentil are tender, but not mushy. Check periodically to stir, and make sure that the soup isn't boiling or bubbling too much.
• Using two forks shred the chicken breasts. Stir in spinach and lemon juice. Cook until spinach wilts, about 2 more minutes. Turn off heat. Stir and lemon juice and season with additional salt and pepper as desired.

CHICKEN, SPINACH, AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Bring chicken thighs, chicken stock, and water to a simmer in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, and continue simmer in until the chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 20 minutes. Remove the chicken thighs, and set aside to cool. Reserve the broth.
• While the thighs are cooling, heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in onion and garlic. Cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the potatoes, then strain the reserved cooking liquid into the pot. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 25 minutes.
• Cut the cooked chicken into cubes and add to the simmering potatoes. Cook for 5 minutes, then stir in the garbanzo beans, spinach, and roasted pepper; simmer 10 more minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese before serving.

EASY SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a stockpot over medium heat. Add carrots, scallion, and garlic; cook and stir until scallion is soft, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in chicken broth; bring to a boil. Add pasta and cook, stirring occasionally until tender yet firm to the bite, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in spinach; cook until tender, 2 to 3 minutes more. Season with salt and pepper.

CREAMY LEMON CHICKEN SOUP WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Place a large 6-8 quart saucepot over medium heat. Add the butter, onions, and celery. Sauté for 3 minutes. Then add in the carrots and garlic and sauté another 2 minutes to soften.
• Place whole raw chicken breasts in the pot. Add in the lemon zest, Italian seasoning, chicken broth, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Cover and bring to a boil. Lower the heat if needed and simmer for about 15 minutes (covered) to cook the chicken.
• Meanwhile, whisk the heavy cream and cornstarch (or glucomannan) together until very smooth.
• Once the chicken has cooked through, pull the chicken breasts out of the pot with tongs and set on a cutting board.
• Stir the heavy cream mixture and parmesan cheese into the soup base to thicken. Stir another minute, until the parmesan melts and blends smoothly into the soup base.
• Use two forks to shred the chicken breasts. Then stir the shredded chicken, spinach, and parsley in the soup. Taste, then salt and pepper as needed. Serve warm, with extra parmesan if desired!

CHICKPEA SOUP WITH CHICKEN AND SPINACH

Steps:

• Set a soup pot over medium-high heat, and drizzle in about 3 to 4 tablespoons of oil; once hot, add in the diced onion, carrot and celery, plus a couple of pinches of salt and pepper; saute for a few minutes until the vegetables begin to soften.
• Add in the garlic, along with the cumin, coriander and pinch of cayenne pepper, and stir until aromatic, about 30 seconds to a minute; add in the tomato paste and stir to incorporate.
• Add in 1 of the cans of chickpeas (drained and rinsed), along with the chicken stock, and bring to the boil; reduce heat, cover, and simmer the soup for 20 minutes, just until the veggies are soft.
• Using a hand-held immersion blender (or you can even use a blender, just work in batches), blend the soup until fairly smooth; then, add in the remaining can of (drained and rinsed) chickpeas, the diced tomatoes, shredded chicken, spinach leaves, parsley, cilantro and mint, and stir together just until the spinach wilts; check to see if any additional salt/pepper is needed, and perhaps even a little squeeze of lemon.
• Serve with some pita or flatbread, or even crusty French bread, and drizzle with a little avocado or olive oil over top as a finisher.

HEALTHY CHICKEN VEGETABLE SOUP - QUICK AND EASY RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium low heat.
• Add onions, peppers and celery and season with sea salt and pepper. Stir well and sauté, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Add minced garlic and cook, stirring for 1 minute longer. Add spices and cook, stirring for another minute.
• Add broth, stir, then add the chicken pieces. Bring to boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Stir in the chopped spinach and cook for another 5 minutes.
• Serve warm.

CREAMY CHICKEN SOUP WITH BACON AND SPINACH

Steps:

• BACON: Preheat oven to 400 F. Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper. Arrange bacon strips and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, depending on how crispy you like your bacon. Transfer cooked bacon to a paper towel-lined platter that will absorb extra grease. Chop into 1 inch slices.
• CHICKEN: Season whole chicken breasts with salt, pepper, paprika, red pepper flakes and set aside.
• Heat olive oil in a large deep skillet. Add seasoned chicken breasts and cook on each side on medium high heat for a total of 3-4 minutes until it's nicely browned.
• Remove browned chicken from the pan, slice it in thick strips and return it back to the skillet.
• Add sliced garlic in the last minute of cooking chicken, cook for 1-2 minutes until browned and fragrant.
• TOMATOES and SPINACH: Add chopped tomatoes to the chicken and cook for 3 minutes on medium until tomatoes release their juices. Add fresh spinach and cook until it wilts. Add bacon pieces.
• SOUP: Stir in chicken broth, Italian seasoning and heavy cream; and bring the mixture to boil. Reduce to simmer and slowly add grated Parmesan cheese - until the cheese melts and makes the soup slightly thicker. Remove from heat.
• Serve immediately.

CHICKEN & SPINACH SOUP WITH FRESH PESTO

Steps:

• Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add carrot (or bell pepper) and chicken; cook, turning the chicken and stirring frequently, until the chicken begins to brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, for 1 minute more. Stir in broth and marjoram; bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes.
• With a slotted spoon, transfer the chicken pieces to a clean cutting board to cool. Add spinach and beans to the pot and bring to a gentle boil. Cook for 5 minutes to blend the flavors.
• Combine the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, Parmesan and basil in a food processor (a mini processor works well). Process until a coarse paste forms, adding a little water and scraping down the sides as necessary.
• Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces. Stir the chicken and pesto into the pot. Season with pepper. Heat until hot. Garnish with croutons, if desired.

CHICKEN AND SPINACH SOUP WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Season sliced chicken generously with paprika, oregano, basil, and salt.
• In a large soup pan, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil on medium-high heat. Add sliced chicken and cook medium-high heat until browned on both sides. The chicken does not have to be cooked all the way through, as it will continue to cook in the soup.
• Add another tablespoon of olive oil to the same pan. Add chopped onion, chopped green bell pepper, and chopped carrot and cook for another minute on medium-high heat.
• Add chopped tomatoes, red kidney beans, fresh spinach, and minced garlic to the pan.
• Add chicken broth and water. Add 1/2 teaspoon of oregano and 1/2 teaspoon basil.
• Bring to boil and then simmer for about 20-30 minutes until the carrots are soft and the chicken is completely cooked through. Season with salt to taste.

SPINACH CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Over high heat, bring chicken broth and water, mustard, and garlic to a simmer. As this is coming to a boil, de-rib and wash the spinach, then tear the leaves into 2-inch pieces. Lightly toast 4 slices of French or Italian bread. When toasted, spread with sundried tomato, pesto or green olive paste.
• When the soup is at a simmer, add the chicken and simmer, uncovered for 2 minutes just to warm through. Then add the spinach leaves, and cook for a few seconds or until the leaves just wilt. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Set 2 slices of toasted bread in the bottom of each soup bowl. Remove the soup from the heat, season to taste with salt and pepper and ladle it over the bread.

CHICKEN, RICE AND SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Place chicken pieces in soup pot and pour in broth. Add onion, garlic, thyme, rosemary, cayenne and ground coriander. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cover pan. Cook 15-20 minutes.
• 2. Stir in rice and cover pan. Cook for 15 minutes.
• 3. Stir in spinach, pesto and lemon juice. Bring back to heat and season as needed with salt and pepper.
• 4. Ladle into bowls and sprinkle parmesan over each bowl; serve.