Southwestern Style Chicken Vegetable Soup
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- Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients
Directions
4 Boneless, skinless chicken breasts1 cup diced onions1 cup diced peppers.5 cup chopped celery3 tsp minced garlic.25 cup jalapeno peppers diced1 cup frozen corn2 cups baby carrots1 can black beans, drained and rinsed1 can diced tomatoes with green chiles.5 package fresh spinach.5 cups frozen soy beans1 TBSP EVOO1 TBSP ground cumin1 cup uncooked minute rice, whole grain brown rice4 cups chicken broth, low fat, low sodium
1. boil chicken breasts in stock pot with just enough water to cover them. Once cooked shred and set aside. Save water/broth.
2. in a separate pot add EVOO, green peppers, onions, celery, and garlic. Saute until soft.
3. Place all the vegetables (except spinach), chicken, spices into crock pot. Pour water (broth that chicken was cooked in) over everything. Add more canned chicken broth as needed to make soupy. Be sure to make it a bit thin. The rice will absorb some of this.
4. Let simmer in crock pot on high for a couple hours or on stove for about an hour. Once vegetables are soft, stir in rice and spinach and let simmer for about 5-10 more minutes.
Serves about 12.
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TNCARMEL.
2. in a separate pot add EVOO, green peppers, onions, celery, and garlic. Saute until soft.
3. Place all the vegetables (except spinach), chicken, spices into crock pot. Pour water (broth that chicken was cooked in) over everything. Add more canned chicken broth as needed to make soupy. Be sure to make it a bit thin. The rice will absorb some of this.
4. Let simmer in crock pot on high for a couple hours or on stove for about an hour. Once vegetables are soft, stir in rice and spinach and let simmer for about 5-10 more minutes.
Serves about 12.
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TNCARMEL.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 211.3
- Total Fat: 4.1 g
- Cholesterol: 45.7 mg
- Sodium: 528.0 mg
- Total Carbs: 19.4 g
- Dietary Fiber: 4.2 g
- Protein: 24.1 g
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