Healthy Recipes With Cream Of Chicken Soup (2024)

Healthy Recipes With Cream Of Chicken Soup (1)

This is a recipe for a healthy soup broth that’s thick and creamy like everybody’s favouriteCream of Chicken Soup, but with a mere 45 calories per serving!! It’s super tasty, ultra easy, and there’s no weird ingredients in it.

This recipe isn’t one of those healthy food hacks that calls for an enormous amount of effort, or weird ingredients, or where you sacrifice flavour for the sake of less calories.

It is, quite simply, my Creamy Zucchini Soupmade usingPEELED zucchinito make it white rather than keeping the skin on which makes the soup green.

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So it’s not a desperate recipe creation designed to drastically strip calories from my life. That’s the side benefit.It is genuinely a creamy, silky white soup broth that’sextremely tastythat happens to be unbelievably low calorie, gluten free, low carb and packed with hidden nutrition!

Like a savoury, creamy soup broth likeCream of Chicken Soup. It doesn’t taste like zucchinis. They’re pretty neutral in flavour anyway, easily overpowered by flavour additions! It doesn’t have that mouthfeel of richness that cream and butter provides in typical creamy soups. But it’s tasty in its own right!

For the sake of putting the broth into practice, I’m sharing the creamy white soup broth in the form of a healthy Cream of Chicken Soup today. So I’ve added little bits of chicken, carrot, celery, capsicum/bell peppers and peas. Not an enormous amount because it’s not supposed to be a chunky, fully loaded soup – though you absolutely could if you wanted to.

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I’m making it just like Heinz canned soup – except with a fraction of the calories, preservative free, made from all natural ingredients! 🙌

The neutral flavour of zucchinis makes it ideal to use as a base for a super low cal savoury white soup broth!

Comforting Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe

I find that many “healthified” recipes tend to require an enormous amount of effort. Soaking, salting, squeezing out excess liquids, lots of pureeing.

The soup part involves sautéing the veggies slowly to bring out the flavour, then adding our magic low cal creamy soup broth.

Yes, there’s a smidge of butter there. We need a bit – or oil – to sauté all those veggies slowly to bring out the sweetness and intensify the flavour. Little trick for getting the most flavour out of veggies, especially essential when you want to make healthy food using less oil and more vegetables!

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I really wanted to show you how thick and creamy the soup really is but found it hard to capture in photos. You will see it in the recipe video below – but as for photos, I found thebest way was to use bread!! Which I realise contradicts the whole point of sharing a healthy recipe though I would totally understand / applaud if you chose to use your calorie credits on warm crusty bread slathered in butter to dunk into that creamy soup…..😂

The neutral, savoury flavour of this creamy low calorie soup broth makes it ideal to use as a healthier, more nutrition dense option in place of richer creamy white soup broths that are typically made with butter and flour. Some examples include:

Recipe video above. My secret method to make a really low calorie creamy soup that is seriously delicious! Using boiled PEELED zucchini, simmer until soft then blitz into what looks like everybody's favourite calorie-laden creamy broths.....but it's guilt free. Zucchini is ideal - purees smooth, neutral flavour that's easily disguisable. It doesn't taste like zucchini - just a savoury creamy soup. I've used it to make a healthy version of homemade Cream of Chicken Soup. But imagine the possibilies - use it in place of any soup that has a creamy white broth!

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1. Storage - broth will easily keep 4 to 5 days in the fridge. Might look split but once heated, stir vigorously and it will come together. Can also freeze, thaw then reheat.

2. Nutrition for Healthy Cream of Chicken Soup (ie with all the add ins). About 2 1/2 cups per serve (enough for a meal). You can reduce calories by skipping the chicken and peas (it's a higher carb veg) - sub with more celery and carrot.

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I believe you can make great food with everyday ingredients even if you’re short on time and cost conscious. You just need to cook clever and get creative!This Creamy Chicken Soup is easy to make with vegetables in a creamy, flavorful broth along with your choice of potatoes, rice, pasta, or beans!

Much cozy flavor in this Creamy Chicken Soup! You won’t be able to put your spoon down. It’s perfect for those chilly nights in, or when you’re feeling under the weather.

There are a ton of starchoptions here- I tend to go with potatoes because they don’t soak up broth during storage, but I have ways of controlling that if you would prefer to add rice or pasta!

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The vegetable options are endless as well, and the combination of seasonings in this flavorful broth are the best. I can’t wait for you to try this!

Season chicken with salt/pepper & Italian seasoning. Sear in olive oil until golden on each side. Let rest for 10 minutes, then cut into bite-sized pieces.

(It’s okay if not cooked all the way through, it will finish cooking in the soup & will be nice and juicy.)

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Add flour and cook for 1-2 minutes. Add chicken broth in small splashes, stirring continuously. Add the half and half in the same manner, then add the chicken bouillon. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer. Add the diced chicken back. Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes.

(Pro Tip: Add any bones back to the soup for even more flavor and use a slotted spoon to remove at the end.)

Add diced potatoes and frozen vegetables during the last 15 minutes and simmer gently until the potatoes are fork tender. Servewith buttermilk biscuits!

Chicken Pot Pie Soup (video)

Pro Tips Chicken:Chicken breast or thighs work well for this recipe, bone-in chicken is a little more moist and flavorful. Wine:Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, orSauvignon Blancare great in this recipe.Chicken brothcan be used if you don’t cook with wine. Potatoes: I use Yukon Gold potatoes for this recipe because I love their creamy consistency, but red potatoes are always a great candidate for soup because they hold up the best. Russet potatoesmay also be used, but they’re also the starchiest, which makes them more prone to falling apart. Heavy creamcan be used instead of half and half for a little extra indulgence. For a lighter version, try my Chicken Vegetable Soup. Kale or spinach makes a healthy addition to this soup. Add it right at the end and give it a few minutes to cook/wilt. My Ranch Oyster Crackers make a great topping for soups and stews. It’s Meant for the Stove Top

Tools For This Recipe (Amazon affiliate links)- Check out all of my kitchen essentials here. 4.5 Quart Dutch Oven– The perfect size for almost any soup recipe. Kitchen Scale– To weigh the chicken. This is the one I’ve had for years and I love it. Better Than Bouillon– This is what I always use for broth in my recipes. It takes very little space and makes it easy to measure out customized amounts of broth. Measuring Spoons– I have these magnetic ones which stay nice and organized in my utensil drawer. Pinch Bowls– For measuring seasonings, etc. ahead of time. Soup Ladle Try These Next

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Chicken Wild Rice Soup

This Creamy Chicken Soup is easy to make with vegetables in a creamy, flavorful broth along with your choice of potatoes, rice, or pasta!

Calories: 212 kcal , Carbohydrates: 21 g , Protein: 15 g , Fat: 8 g , Saturated Fat: 3 g , Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g , Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g , Trans Fat: 0.1 g , Cholesterol: 48 mg , Sodium: 703 mg , Potassium: 622 mg , Fiber: 3 g , Sugar: 3 g , Vitamin A: 3375 IU , Vitamin C: 17 mg , Calcium: 60 mg , Iron: 1 mgThis healthy Cream of Chicken Soup can be made both dairy free and gluten free. I love using this creamy soup recipe as a canned cream of chicken substitute for the condensed soup you’d normally buy in grocery stores. It’s quick and easy to make, and tastes delicious.

I like finding ways to lighten up all of those delicious cream soup recipes. I’m not a fan of processed foods, especially when there is an easy way to make the recipe from