Hearty Chicken and Kale Soup Recipe
My family loves soup, and I love making it for them because with soup there are always leftovers. Bonus for the cook and a game-changer on busy days. This chicken and kale soup is easy, ready in 30 minutes, hearty, healthy, gluten, and dairy-free. The ultimate comfort food, it’s packed with flavor and texture. Even for those who think that soup can’t make a meal, this one will change your mind. There are many recipes for sausage, kale, and white bean soup online, but I opted to go with the ease of using shredded rotisserie chicken. The beans add heartiness and protein, while the kale, cabbage, and zucchini add texture. Even with soup I need texture and love anything green and the veggies are perfect. I love to serve mine topped with a sprinkle of freshly grated parmesan cheese.
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Chicken Kale Soup Ingredients
To make this chicken kale white bean soup, you’ll need: Barb Suzan Karen
Extra virgin olive oil Vidalia onion Celery Green cabbage Garlic Chicken broth – I recommend using low-sodium chicken broth to prevent the soup from being overpoweringly salty. If needed, you can substitute bone broth or vegetable broth Shredded cooked chicken – I use rotisserie chicken to keep this recipe super quick and easy, but you can use leftover shredded chicken breasts or even skinless chicken thighs Cannellini beans – If you can’t find cannellini beans, great northern beans also work well in this soup Dried parsley and oregano Salt and black pepper Kale – I recommend using curly kale or Lacinato kale. Before adding the kale to the soup, remove the center rib. That part is extremely tough to chew and shouldn’t be added to this soup (use just the kale leaves) Zucchini Fresh lemon juice
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How to Make Chicken and Kale Soup
This is such a quick and easy kale chicken soup recipe! Here are the basic recipe steps:
Recipe Video Tutorial
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