Spinach Soup with Chicken
Spinach Soup with Chicken. Boneless chicken bites sauteed with garlic, onions, carrots, and spinach and combined with herbs and broth to make a wonderful soup.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 400kcal
Cost: $$
Ingredients
- ¼ cup olive oil or avocado oil
- 2 boneless chicken breasts cut into ½-inch cubes or smaller
- 4 cloves garlic sliced
- 4 carrots chopped
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon salt plus more to serve
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper plus more to serve
- 12-16 ounces fresh spinach chopped
- 6 cups chicken broth or stock
- 2 tablespoons grated Romano cheese plus more to serve
Instructions
How to Make Spinach Soup with Chicken
Preparing the Spinach Soup:
- In a large pot add in the olive oil and bring to high heat. Next, add in the chicken and sauté for 4 minutes, mixing occasionally.
- Next, add the garlic, onions, carrots, thyme, salt, and ground black pepper and sauté for 4 minutes, mixing occasionally.
- Next, add the spinach and sauté for 2 minutes, mixing occasionally, or until the spinach reduces by half.
- Finally, add the chicken broth and grated cheese, bring to a simmer, and cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
How to Serve Spinach Soup with Chicken
- Serve the spinach soup with chicken with a side salad and crunchy bread. Add more salt, ground black pepper, and grated cheese to taste.
Notes
Invent Your Recipe:
For this spinach soup with chicken recipe, I am using boneless chicken breasts. You could also use boneless turkey breasts, boneless pork loin, skirt steak, or flank steak. The recipe would work great with any of these options. If using pork or beef I suggest cutting the pieces to ¼-inch cubes.
If you are not a fan of spinach you can leave it out. You could then add in other vegetables like peppers, eggplant, zucchini, asparagus, or tomatoes and make a filling chicken and vegetable soup.
For some additional texture, you could add is some beans. Try cannellini, pinto, red kidney, navy, garbanzo, or great northern beans. I do not recommend black beans because I feel they change the look and taste of this soup too much. However, invent your own recipe, so if you love black beans, use them.
Nutrition
Calories: 400kcal