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    Home » Recipes » Soups and Stews » Chicken and Kale Soup Recipe

    Chicken and Kale Soup Recipe

    By Sherri On January 5, 2014, Updated August 15, 2019 2 Comments

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    A bowl of Chicken and Kale soup with carrots and celery

    Healthy and hearty Chicken and Kale Soup will warm you up on a cold night. Serve it with Ditalini pasta or brown rice.

    Chicken and Kale Soup

    On Day 4 of 30 Days of Clean Eating, I wanted to share this easy Chicken and Kale Soup Recipe that I made for dinner this week.  I will eat it for lunch a couple of time as well this week.

    Soups are a really great way to get lots of vegetables into your diet.  It freezes well too which makes it the perfect go-to quick dinner if you are in a pinch instead of going out to a restaurant or grabbing take-out.

    INGREDIENTS

    1 3 -4 lb Whole Chicken

    1 lb of Baby Carrots, sliced

    5 celery stalks, sliced

    1 large onion, chopped

    1 bag of fresh Kale, chopped (I find these around the leaf lettuces in my store)

    3 Bay leaves

    1 tablespoon Poultry Seasoning

    ¼ teaspoon Salt

    ½ teaspoon of Pepper

    Great Northern White Beans, Optional (soak your own dry beans to avoid the sodium added to canned)

    Brown Rice or Ditalini Pasta, Optional

    DIRECTIONS

    1. Boil the whole chicken  for about 40 minutes. (add enough water to cover the chicken)

    2.  Remove the chicken from broth and set aside to cool so you can remove the meat  from the bones.  Cut the meat into small chunks.

    3.  Skim off all the fat you can from the top of broth (I use a ½ cup measuring cup for my scooping)

    4.  Add remaining ingredients. Celery, Carrots, Kale, Bay Leaves, Poultry Seasoning, salt and pepper.

    5. Cook for 30 mins – 1 hour

    6.  Then add back the chicken.

    7.  Cook for 1 more hour or until veggies are tender.

    A bowl of Chicken and Kale soup with carrots and celery

    Chicken and Kale Soup Recipe

    Here’s a healthy and hearty Chicken and Kale Soup to warm you up on a cold night. Serve it with ditalini pasta or brown rice.
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    Course: Soup
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 2 hours 40 minutes
    Total Time: 2 hours 50 minutes
    Servings: 4
    Calories: 586kcal
    Author: Sherri Hagymas

    Ingredients

    • 4 lb Whole Chicken
    • 1 lb Baby Carrots sliced
    • 5 Celery stalks sliced
    • 1 Onion chopped
    • 16 ounces fresh Kale chopped (I find these around the leaf lettuces in my store)
    • 3 Bay leaves
    • 1 tablespoon Poultry Seasoning
    • ¼ teaspoon Salt
    • ½ teaspoon Pepper
    • Great Northern White Beans optional (soak your own dry beans to avoid the sodium added to canned)
    • Brown Rice or Ditalini Pasta optional

    Instructions

    • Boil the whole chicken for about 40 minutes. (add enough water to cover the chicken)
    • Remove the chicken from broth and set aside to cool so you can remove the meat from the bones. Cut the meat into small chunks.
    • Skim off all the fat you can from the top of broth (I use a ½ cup measuring cup for my scooping)
    • Add remaining ingredients. Celery, Carrots, Kale, Bay Leaves, Poultry Seasoning, salt and pepper.
    • Cook for 30 mins - 1 hour
    • Then add back the chicken.
    • Cook for 1 more hour or until veggies are tender.

    Notes

    Nutritional information does not include pasta or beans. Adjust accordingly.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 586kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 46g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 163mg | Sodium: 470mg | Potassium: 1407mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 27525IU | Vitamin C: 146.1mg | Calcium: 268mg | Iron: 5.2mg
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    Filed Under: Chicken Recipes, Healthy Recipes, Recipes, Soups and Stews

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    1. Faylinn

      September 21, 2016 at 9:15 am

      3 stars
      My roommate has been sick for the last few days, and so I know that she would really appreciate it if I made her some chicken soup. She really likes kale, which is why I think that she would enjoy this recipe. I don’t have any white beans, though, but I think that it would be just fine to substitute that with black beans.

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      • Sherri

        September 21, 2016 at 9:46 am

        I’m sure black beans would be fine as well. 🙂

        Reply

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