Chicken Artichoke Soup

anniebnannie

6-8 cups chicken broth (I typically roast a chicken or pick up a roasted one at the grocery store just for the soup :-)
4 cups cooked chicken (meat only) chopped into bite size pieces (for a stronger Artichoke flavor use no or less chicken meat)
1 medium walla walla or other sweet onion, chopped
1 tablespoon butter
1 can diced green chilis (drained)
4 cans artichoke hearts (in water- not marinated) drain but save 1 cup artichoke water
(or you can use whole fresh artichokes... steamed, boiled or sauted hearts in 4 tablespoons butter)
6 cloves garlic
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon lemon or lime juice
Salt & Pepper to taste
1/2 cup parmesan cheese (shredded)

3-4 tablespoons butter
3-4 tablespoons flour

chop and saute onion in butter, add chopped garlic, saute a few minutes more. Add broth and heat up. I usually take 2 cans of the artichoke hearts and put them in a food processor with 2 cups of the heated broth/onion/garlic mix and puree then pour back into the soup pot. Do the same with the cheese and 1 cup broth. Add remaining artichoke hearts, chicken pieces, chilis, thyme, lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste.

To thicken the soup you can add pureed cooked potato like Duarte's does or I usually melt the butter.... whisk in the flour and slowly stir into soup until you have the desired thickness. Let cook on the stove about 45 minutes or until the delicious smell of the artichokes cooking says it's DONE!

kenzie63

Do you know the nutritional info on this recipe ?! Sounds awesome!

anniebnannie

kenzie - it's about 165 calories per cup and a half. But I didn't break down all the ingredients.

mona24523

Can't wait to try this