Herbed Chicken Spinach Soup Recipes

HERBED CHICKEN & SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine the first 13 ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until chicken is tender. Stir in spinach; cook 30 minutes longer or until spinach is wilted. Top with cheese.

SPINACH CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Over high heat, bring chicken broth and water, mustard, and garlic to a simmer. As this is coming to a boil, de-rib and wash the spinach, then tear the leaves into 2-inch pieces. Lightly toast 4 slices of French or Italian bread. When toasted, spread with sundried tomato, pesto or green olive paste.
• When the soup is at a simmer, add the chicken and simmer, uncovered for 2 minutes just to warm through. Then add the spinach leaves, and cook for a few seconds or until the leaves just wilt. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Set 2 slices of toasted bread in the bottom of each soup bowl. Remove the soup from the heat, season to taste with salt and pepper and ladle it over the bread.

HERB CHICKEN SOUP WITH SPRING VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Tie the parsley, tarragon, and thyme sprigs and bay leaf together with kitchen twine and put in a large saucepan with the onion, carrot, celery, lemon zest, and chicken breasts. Cover with the broth, bring just to a boil over high heat, skim off any foam that comes to the surface. Adjust the heat to very low and cover. Cook the chicken until firm to the touch, about 20 minutes. Remove the chicken to a platter, when cool enough to handle and pull into large strips; discard the bones.
• When ready to serve, add the asparagus, peas, and mushrooms to the broth. Cook until the vegetables are just tender, about 3 to 5 minutes, and remove herb bundle. Return chicken to the broth and warm through.
• Divide chicken between 4 large soup bowls and ladle some broth and vegetables into each bowl. Garnish each soup with the chopped parsley and tarragon. Serve.

HERBED SPINACH

Steps:

• Finely chop the spinach stems and coarsely chop the spinach leaves.
• Heat oil in a skillet, add garlic and saute 1 minute.
• Add spinach, basil, salt& pepper.
• Toss in skillet for 4 mintes or until the spinach is coated with oil and just wilted.
• Serve immediatedly.

HERBED SPINACH SOUP (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• In a crock pot, combine onions, parsley, lettuce, spinach, margarine or butter, salt, pepper, tarragon and broth.
• Cover.
• Cook on LOW 4-6 hours.
• Process in blender or food processor until vegetables are finely chopped.
• Turn crock pot to HIGH.
• Pour blended mixture into crock pot.
• Stir in half and half.
• Cover cook 20-30 mins on HIGH.
• Serve hot, garnished with chopped hard-cooked egg and a pinch of nutmeg.

HERBED CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or soup kettle, place the first 13 ingredients. Cover and bring to a boil; skim fat. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 hours or until chicken is tender., Remove chicken; allow to cool. Debone and cut into chunks. Skim fat from broth; bring to a boil. Return chicken to kettle. Add frozen noodles and cook for 20 minutes or until tender, or add cooked noodles and heat through. Remove bay leaf.