Quick Chicken Soup Recipe

Written by Sky Taylor, Diet Bites

Five delicious and quick recipes for your weight loss plan; low calorie recipes.

Quick Chicken Soup Recipe

If your busy life allows little time for elaborate meal planning, and you want to keep calories and fat at under control, our Quick Recipes may be perfect for balancing your time and your diet.

Here is one to begin with - and the links above lead to more.

Preparation Time: About 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes  

Serve this quick chicken soup recipe with golden whole grain cornbread on the side and a serving of reduced fat milk.

Quick Recipe Ingredients for Chicken Soup

1 cup of prepared chicken breast, bite size pieces
1 large container of de-fatted, low sodium chicken broth
1 medium size can of each of the following vegetables: sliced carrots, sliced potatoes, green beans - cans drained of liquid
1/2 cup of frozen onions, bell pepper, celery tri-mix, chopped
2 Tablespoons of regular margarine
cracked black pepper

Preparation Steps for Chicken Soup

Using this technique will add flavor to this soup. While we strive to keep fat out of our foods, using minimal regular margarine in this recipe makes a richer, tastier soup.

1. Melt the margarine in a deep pot and add the onions, celery and bell pepper. Cook until the onion is translucent.

2. Make sure that you have thoroughly drained all of the vegetables which were packed in cans.

Add then to the pot along with the chicken and stir to coat with the margarine. Use a bit more if necessary for coating purposes.

Dust with the cracked black pepper if desired.

3. Add the chicken broth; if you want more broth - then add two boxes rather than one. Heat thoroughly - and you're ready to dine.

Creating More Recipes Using Broth & Seasonings

You can create even more delicious soup recipes by using the broth as a base as well as the celery, onions and bell pepper. What about slices of roasted red pepper added to the soup recipe?

Or mushrooms? Roasted tomatoes and garlic are also dynamite ingredients for soup recipes.