Creamy Tuscan Chicken Soup
This Creamy Tuscan Chicken Soup is a delicious blend of chicken, vegetables, and pasta in a creamy broth.
Equipment
- Large pot
Ingredients
Chicken
- 500 g chicken thighs skinless boneless
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
Soup
- 30 g unsalted butter
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 2 large celery stems finely sliced
- ½ cup chardonnay or other dry white wine, optional
- 4 cups chicken stock/broth low sodium
- 3 cups water
- 1 teaspoon cooking/kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 250 g small pasta shells or other small pasta, rice, potato etc
- 1 cup parmesan finely grated or store bought pre-grated
- 1 cup thickened/heavy cream
- 2 cups baby spinach chopped
- ½ cup sun dried tomato strips chopped into 1cm pieces
Soup thickener
- 2 teaspoon cornflour/cornstarch mixed with 2 teaspoon water
Instructions
Cooking Instructions
- Sprinkle each side of the chicken with salt and pepper. Melt butter in a large pot over medium high heat. Cook the chicken for 3 minutes on one side until light golden, then 2 minutes on the other side. Remove onto a plate.
- Turn the stove down to medium low. Add garlic, onion and celery and cook for 3 minutes until the onion is softened.
- Turn up to high, add wine, stir, then let it simmer until the wine reduces by half.
- Add stock/broth, water, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil then add the pasta. Cook for the time per the pasta packet directions (~10 minutes), stirring occasionally.
- Chop the chicken into 1.5cm / ½" pieces and add into the pot to finish cooking.
- Once the pasta is cooked, reduce heat to low. Stir in parmesan until melted. Stir in the cornflour-water mixture, cream and spinach. Cook for a minute until the spinach is wilted and the soup thickens slightly.
- Ladle into bowls and sprinkle with sun dried tomato strips. Enjoy!
Notes
For variations, consider using chicken breast instead of thighs, or substituting with rice or gluten-free pasta. Store pasta separately from soup to prevent bloat.
Nutrition
Serving: 1bowlCalories: 688kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 39gFat: 34gSaturated Fat: 19gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 179mgSodium: 1253mgPotassium: 1145mgFiber: 4gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 2342IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 282mgIron: 4mg
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