Chicken and Spinach Soup - Yum (only 55 calories)

janiebeth

I've been making this soup for years and really love it.. Just calculated the calories and now I love it even more - try lower sodium chicken broth if that is a concern..

Enjoy jb

Chicken and Spinach Soup

1 whole chicken breast (skinless and boneless)
½ tsp salt
Dash of black pepper
8 oz of spinach
4 cups of chicken broth* (I use 99% fat free calorie count)
3 thin slices of ginger root
1/8 tsp white pepper

Shred or small cube the chicken. Toss chicken, ½ tsp salt and dash of pepper. Tear spinach into bite-size pieces.

Heat chicken broth and ginger root to boiling in a 3-quart saucepan. Stir in chicken, heat to boiling. Stir in spinach, 1 tsp salt (if using low salt broth) and the white pepper. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer until spinach is tender, about 2 minutes.

Remove ginger root prior to eating.

6 servings (about 1 cup each)

calories 55.6
fat 0.8 g
cholesterol 22.8 mg
sodium 576.5 mg
potassium 337.2 mg
carb 1.6 g
fiber 0.9 g
sugars 0.3 g
protein 10.6 g

janiebeth

I've been making this soup for years and really love it.. Just calculated the calories and now I love it even more - try lower sodium chicken broth if that is a concern..

Enjoy jb

Chicken and Spinach Soup

1 whole chicken breast (skinless and boneless)
½ tsp salt
Dash of black pepper
8 oz of spinach
4 cups of chicken broth* (I use 99% fat free calorie count)
3 thin slices of ginger root
1/8 tsp white pepper

Shred or small cube the chicken. Toss chicken, ½ tsp salt and dash of pepper. Tear spinach into bite-size pieces.

Heat chicken broth and ginger root to boiling in a 3-quart saucepan. Stir in chicken, heat to boiling. Stir in spinach, 1 tsp salt (if using low salt broth) and the white pepper. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer until spinach is tender, about 2 minutes.

Remove ginger root prior to eating.

6 servings (about 1 cup each)

calories 55.6
fat 0.8 g
cholesterol 22.8 mg
sodium 576.5 mg
potassium 337.2 mg
carb 1.6 g
fiber 0.9 g
sugars 0.3 g
protein 10.6 g

lsalazarii

Sounds great... gonna try it. Quick and easy too!!
Thanks!!!!!!

hollymires

That sounds yummmmmy! I am going to have to try it!

Holly

keiko

I've been making this soup for years and really love it.. Just calculated the calories and now I love it even more - try lower sodium chicken broth if that is a concern..

Enjoy jb

Chicken and Spinach Soup

1 whole chicken breast (skinless and boneless)
½ tsp salt
Dash of black pepper
8 oz of spinach
4 cups of chicken broth* (I use 99% fat free calorie count)
3 thin slices of ginger root
1/8 tsp white pepper

Shred or small cube the chicken. Toss chicken, ½ tsp salt and dash of pepper. Tear spinach into bite-size pieces.

Heat chicken broth and ginger root to boiling in a 3-quart saucepan. Stir in chicken, heat to boiling. Stir in spinach, 1 tsp salt (if using low salt broth) and the white pepper. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer until spinach is tender, about 2 minutes.

Remove ginger root prior to eating.

6 servings (about 1 cup each)

calories 55.6
fat 0.8 g
cholesterol 22.8 mg
sodium 576.5 mg
potassium 337.2 mg
carb 1.6 g
fiber 0.9 g
sugars 0.3 g
protein 10.6 g

Do you have this in the food data base? It would be great if it was!

janiebeth

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Not yet, keiko - I guess it really is time for me to make this for dinner..

jb

Renea101

Yum, this sounds great. I am going to try it today for lunch since I have all the ingredients in the pantry. Thanks for sharing!

cjm0014

sounds great
many thanks! :happy:

JunaiGekido

Can't wait to try it. Great combo: chicken and spinach. Im sure my kids will love this as well. Thank you.

JunaiGekido

Holy Crap this is good!!!

janiebeth

Holy Crap this is good!!!

That's how I feel about it too.. Did the kids try it? Mine love it..

Glad you like it.. jb

JunaiGekido

OMG... this is good... I'll put this in the data base... because I plan to eat this A LOT!

JunaiGekido

I have yet to try it on the kids... but I am almost certain my three year old will love it.

Grammymax

To clarify - chicken breast is cooked prior to adding to soup. Spinach is fresh?