How To Make Creamy Chicken Broccoli Soup
Warm up your tummy and your soul with this creamy chicken broccoli soup. The broth is flavored with herbs and broth plus a generous splash of cream.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1tbspolive oil
- 1tbspbutter
- 4clovesgarlic,minced
- ¾cuponions,chopped
- ¾cupcelery,chopped
- 1headbroccoli,cut into small florets
- 2chicken breasts
- 3cupschicken broth
- 1tspdried oregano
- 1tspdried parsley
- ½tspsalt
- ½tsppepper
- 1cupcream cheese
- ½cupheavy cream
Instructions
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Heat olive oil and butter in a dutch oven and add garlic, onions and celery. Saute for a few minutes till the onions turn translucent.
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Add broccoli, chicken breasts, broth, oregano, parsley, salt and pepper. Bring this to a quick boil, and then reduce the flame and simmer for 20 minutes.
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Take the chicken pieces out of the pot and shred them with a fork. Set aside.
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Using an immersion blender or a regular blender, blend half the soup. Add the shredded chicken back to the pot along with cream cheese and heavy cream. Simmer for 5 minutes and turn off the flame. Check and adjust seasoning and serve hot.
Nutrition
- Calories: 429.23kcal
- Fat: 32.00g
- Saturated Fat: 15.54g
- Trans Fat: 0.14g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 10.53g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.59g
- Carbohydrates: 16.31g
- Fiber: 3.37g
- Sugar: 6.47g
- Protein: 21.19g
- Cholesterol: 115.51mg
- Sodium: 596.05mg
- Calcium: 127.05mg
- Potassium: 720.27mg
- Iron: 1.79mg
- Vitamin A: 288.82µg
- Vitamin C: 93.35mg
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