Healthy creamy chicken potato soup is a simple and delicious low fat hearty soup. This filling winter warmer is great for a cold winters day!
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope your year is off to a wonderful start.
Here's wishing you all a healthy New Year ahead too (and hoping it's much better than last year!).
Now that our hangovers have passed, is there any better way than to start off the year with a fabulous bowl of comforting healthy soup?
This healthy creamy chicken potato soup is just the thing to warm you up on a chilly day.
Packed with nutritious ingredients, it’s a recipe that’s as wholesome as it is satisfying.
The best part?
If you've started the year on a new health kick then you'll love that this creamy chicken soup tastes so creamy, but yet isn't made with any cream!
Yes that's right this creamy chicken soup is completely cream-free!
It’s the perfect way to nourish your body while indulging in comfort food that also feels like a treat!
This creamy tasting chicken potato soup is the perfect comfort food.
In my healthier version of this classic soup I've added some low fat soft cheese to give it a deliciously great cheesy taste. Without the guilt.
That makes this soup an all round family favourite.
It's loved by kids and adults alike.
Perfectly versatile enough to serve as a hearty lunch or a satisfying dinner.
Another great thing about this recipe is how easy it is to make. All you need is one big saucepan.
Everything is done in one big saucepan. Including cooking the chicken. Meaning less washing up!
Plus, the wholesome combination of chicken, potatoes, and other fresh ingredients ensures every bowl is packed with nutrients and flavour!
This healthy creamy chicken potato soup is also low in fat and gluten free too.
The classic version normally involves adding some flour (all purpose flour) to thicken it up.
I replaced the flour with soft cream cheese
When stirred in, the cream cheese helps to thicken the soup along with the potato and make it all deliciously creamy tasting.
The whole recipe takes less than an hour to make and serves up to six.
This healthy chicken potato also soup doesn't contain any double cream / heavy cream unlike other creamy chicken soup recipes.
This healthy creamy chicken potato soup is thick and comforting.
Loaded with potatoes and chicken its filling and sure to stick to your bones too.
We all love a good bowl of soup on a chilly day. Especially a homemade soup.
A chicken and potato vegetable soup is a particularly good thing to serve to your whole family on such a day.
Plus the best thing is there are only 269 calories in this simple chicken potato soup. It's one you'll definitely want to add to your list of favorite soups!
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🥘 Ingredients
- Olive Oil
- Onion
- Garlic Clove
- Skinless Boneless Chicken Breasts
- Celery
- Carrot
- Potato
- Chicken Stock
- Skimmed Milk
- Low Fat Soft Cream Cheese
- Fresh Parsley (decoration)
See recipe card for actual quantities of the chicken and potato soup ingredients.
📖 Substitutions
- Olive Oil
- Onion
- Garlic Clove
- Skinless Boneless Chicken Breasts - you could use boneless skinless chicken thighs instead.
- Celery
- Carrot
- Potato - try and get ones like Maris Piper / King Edward or Yukon Gold Potatoes if in U.S.
- Chicken Stock - you could use chicken broth or even vegetable broth.
- Skimmed Milk
- Low Fat Soft Cream Cheese
- Fresh Parsley (decoration)
🔪 Instructions
Detailed instructions for this healthy chicken potato soup recipe are in the recipe card below. But here is a quick step by step guide of how to make the best chicken potato soup:
- Gently heat oil in a large soup pot.
- Sauté the onion and minced garlic.
- Add the chicken breasts, celery, carrot, potato, and chicken stock. Bring to the boil. Simmer over a medium heat until chicken cooked.
- Remove the cooked chicken breasts using a slotted spoon.
- Stir the milk and cream cheese into the pot with the vegetables. Use a whisk to get a creamy texture if necessary.
- Shred the chicken breast meat.
- Stir shredded chicken breasts and chopped parsley into the creamy soup. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Serve.
💭 Tips For How To Make Healthy Creamy Chicken Potato Soup
- I used boneless skinless chicken breasts so I didn't have any bones to remove. You could use chicken thighs if you wanted to though.
- You can also use any cooked leftover chicken like roast chicken (leftover rotisserie chicken) that you may have. There's no need to cook that. Just add it in at the end.
- For the potatoes try and get ones like Maris Piper or King Edward varieties. They are easily mashable and help to thicken the soup.
- For the vegetables you could add any leftovers you might have such as swede or even add some broccoli or frozen peas.
- Once cooked store the soup in your fridge for 2-3 days.
- To freeze any leftover soup I find it's much easier to portion up the soup into individual airtight container and freeze. That way you only need to remove the individual portions when you need them.
- Allow the soup to defrost first then re-heat in your microwave or on your stove top.
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large onion diced
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- 400 g skinless boneless chicken breasts
- 1 stalk celery sliced
- 1 carrot sliced
- 1 medium starchy potato e.g., Maris Piper or King Edward, cubed
- 750 ml chicken stock
- 250 ml skimmed milk
- 200 g low fat soft cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon flat leaf parsley chopped
Instructions
- Gently heat the olive oil in a large saucepan.
- Sauté the onion and garlic for about 3 minutes until soft, stirring to avoid burning or sticking to the saucepan.
- Add the chicken breasts, celery, carrot, potato, and chicken stock. Bring to the boil, then turn down to simmer for about 20 minutes until the chicken has cooked through.
- Remove the chicken breasts using a slotted spoon and set aside on a chopping board.
- Stir the milk and cream cheese into the pot with the vegetables. Use a hand whisk if necessary, until there are no lumps. Then using the wooden spoon press the potatoes to side of pan to break them down.
- Shred the chicken breasts on the chopping board using two forks.
- Stir the shredded chicken and parsley into the pot. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve.
Nutrition
🧾 Nutrition Label
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If you’ve made this healthy creamy chicken soup recipe, or any other recipes on Neil's Healthy Meals, then please let me know.
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! 🙂
David @ Spiced
I love using low-fat cream cheese as a way to thicken soups, but I've never used it in a chicken potato soup. This sounds delicious, Neil! We're into soup season here, and I have a list of about 10 soups that I'm planning on making. (Winter lasts a long time here in upstate New York, so I need a lot of soup recipes!) This one is going on the list for sure! Happy New York to you and Lynne!
Neil
Thanks David. I'm sure you'll love this soup. Happy New York 😆 to you too!
Chef Mimi
I don’t think I’ve ever used cream cheese in a soup! What a smart idea, especially is the soup is thin. Love it! Happy New Year!
Neil
It thickens the soup perfectly and makes it all delicious and cheesy. Happy New Year to you too Mimi. 🙂
Laura
Oooh, Neil, this sounds so perfect for these cold, rainy days we are having! I love a cream soup, and try not to use so much cream,, but I think low-fat cream cheese sounds like the perfect way to add even more flavor and the perfect creaminess! Love this idea!
Neil
We're thick with snow here at the moment Laura so there's plenty of bowls of soup like this on the go here to keep the spirits up. Glad you like my soup, thanks for commenting!
Jeff the Chef
I think that it is hard, Making creamy soup look good. You have; this looks great!
Neil
Thanks Jeff 😀