Simple chicken and vegetable soup. Simple because it’s so easy to make. It's just a hearty and satisfying family soup recipe. A quick healthy meal all in one!
Simple chicken and vegetable soup. Simple because it’s made with basic vegetables, a chicken breast and stock cubes.
I don’t know about you but it’s not every day I have the luxury of leftover chicken handy, when all I want to do is make some lovely healthy chicken soup!
Vegetables, well they're easy to get but what if you've no leftover chicken?
So why wait until you do have that leftover chicken?
Just follow this easy recipe on how to make chicken and veg soup and you'll get that good old fashioned, quick and simple delicious soup you're longing for!
Here I’ve make it simple to create an easy chicken and vegetable soup WITHOUT the remains of a Sunday dinner!
One that you'll most definitely want to add to your list of simple soup recipes!
A great lean protein source, full of vitamins and minerals as well as helping to bolster the immune system and fight infection you’ll love this comforting soup.
Plus you can easily add your own selection of any vegetables you've got to use up too.
This chicken and vegetable soup is especially good served with warm crusty bread.
Winter - A Perfect Time For This Chicken And Vegetable Soup!
Winter.
It’s here. Let me tell you that as I type this up, here in Glasgow, we’re currently being battered by Storm Clodagh and it’s a HOWLING gale outside.
I always have the radio on when I’m in the kitchen cooking and I’m hearing that the snow gates across Scotland are being shut.
So, you can see precisely why I’ll be tucking into a bowl of this fresh chicken soup today.
In fact the way things are going here, I’ll be tucking into this soup pretty much every day!
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Simple Chicken and Vegetable Soup Recipe
This chicken and vegetable soup is great served with some wholemeal bread or rolls and is easily freezable too.
I’d love to hear what you think of my recipe in the comments below and please do rate my recipe 5* if you like it! 🙂
Simple Chicken and Vegetable Soup Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 400 g boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 medium onion sliced
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 4 medium carrots peeled and sliced
- 4 celery stalks sliced
- 1.5 l chicken stock
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Chopped curly parsley for garnish optional
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 180C and cook chicken breast for 25 to 30 minutes until no longer pink inside. Then remove and allow to cool.
- Whilst the chicken is cooking in the oven, prepare all the vegetables.
- When the chicken breast has cooled, using 2 forks shred the chicken.
- Place the shredded chicken, vegetables, garlic, stock and thyme in a large soup pot and turn on the heat underneath. Bring the soup to the boil and then turn down to simmer for approximately 30 minutes or until the vegetables are as soft as you prefer.
- Season to taste.
- Serve garnished with freshly chopped parsley.
Susie @ SuzLyfe
I need this in my life, like now. Chicken soup is one of my absolute favorite things, and it has been far too long since I made my own! Stay safe, my friend. Batten down the hatches, and all that. One of my bucket list items for this December is a trip to the Chicago Christmas market. I'm not th emost Christmasy of people, but hopefully I can get myself suitably predisposed (grog or mulled wine, mayhaps?) and go down there!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
There's nothing like a good glass or two of the old Christmas grog is there? to get you in the spirit!
I don't know if you've ever seen "It's a Wonderful Life" but I'm still looking for that "Rum punch, heavy on the cinnamon" that's mentioned, lol.
Natalie @ A Fit Philosophy
Nothing like a delicious warm cozy bowl of chicken vegetable soup for my soul 😉
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
It's just the most perfect remedy for the weather we're having here at the moment Natalie, and also for colds, flu and and basically all ailments don't you think? 🙂
Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine
Chicken soup brings back so many memories! My dad would make a huge batch, be in the kitchen with it all day and then my mom, brother, and i would just devour it the rest of the week. Nothing like homemade chicken soup!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
That sounds like absolute heaven to me Rebecca!
That's the thing with a good chicken soup isn't it, once you start on it, you can't stop. 🙂
Dannii @ Hungry Healthy Happy
There is nothing more comforting than a bowl of really hearty soup and a great way to use up leftovers too.
It has so far been pretty mild here this winter in Manchester, but I am just waiting for the crazy cold weather to come.
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
I must admit and agree with you there Dannii, that soup is my number one choice for using up leftovers! 🙂
I also have to confess that I've made some pretty strange soups in my time from leftovers too. 😆
Shashi at RunninSrilankan
I made chicken and veggie soup too - Neil! I haven't posted it yet - but great minds - er - or should I say - great stomachs or tastebuds! 🙂
Sometimes a quick simple soup is perfect - exactly what's needed to beet the chill and yay for it being December - the month of all things Christmas!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
I can't wait to see your chicken and veggie soup Shashi. 🙂
You always have a unique, personal touch on your recipes and I'm always looking for different variations of the classic recipes, like this soup!
Yes, definitely both great stomachs and tastebuds. Let's get those Christmas recipes up, first one tomorrow! 😀
Melanie @ MelanieCooks
What a tasty looking soup! So filling and comforting - perfect for the season!
neil@neilshealthymeals.com
Thank you Melanie. We are having strange weather at the moment. One minute it's freezing, then the next it's very wet and stormy, and warm!
Still, this is definitely a soup not just for the season, but for all year round too! 😀