Chicken And Potato Florentine Soup Olive Garden Recipes

CHICKEN FLORENTINE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, carrots, celery, and garlic; cook and stir until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in baby spinach.
• Pour chicken broth, diced tomatoes, and lemon juice into the pot. Stir in pepper, oregano, and basil. Bring to a boil; stir in chicken and rice. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until flavors combine, about 30 minutes.

CHICKEN AND POTATO FLORENTINE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat butter and olive oil in Dutch oven. Add onion and garlic; saute until translucent.
• Add broth, water, tomatoes, basil, sugar, Italian seasoning, paprika and pepper. Bring to a boil and simmer 10 minutes.
• Peel and thinly slice potatoes. Add to tomatoes and simmer 30-40 minutes, until potatoes are almost tender.
• Add chicken and spinach. Simmer 10-15 minutes.
• Blend 2 cups of soup with half and half and cream cheese. Pour into Dutch oven; blend and heat through.
• Stir in balsamic vinegar.

POTATO FLORENTINE SOUP

Steps:

• in a soup pot, combine the oil, onions and rosemary.
• cover and cook on medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring often.
• add the potatoes, salt and water or stock and bring just to a boil.
• lower the heat, cover and simmer for about 10 minutes till potatoes are tender.
• with a slotted spoon, remove and set aside 2 cups of the cooked potatoes.
• to the soup pot, add the spinach, basil and parsley, cover and cook for 1 or 2 minutes till spinach is wilted but still bright green.
• in a blender, puree the reserved potatoes with the neufchatel, grated cheese, milk and pepper.
• stir the puree back into the soup and reheat gently - adjust seasonings to taste.

CHICKEN AND POTATO FLORENTINE SOUP (OLIVE GARDEN)

Steps:

• Simmer first 6 ingredients until chicken breasts are tender; remove meat and let cool; drain the solids from the broth and put clear liquid back into the soup pot; chop up chicken into bite size chunks and put back into the broth.
• Add next 10 ingredients to the soup pot and simmer for 45-60 minutes. The potatoes should be fork tender but not mushy.
• Add the fresh spinach and stir; let it wilt into the soup for about 5 minutes.
• Add the cream cheese and the grated mozzarella to the soup pot. Stir frequently until the cheese melts. Be careful that it does not stick to the bottom.
• Ladle into bowls; serve with crusty bread.