Chicken and Kale Soup Recipe

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

I wanted to share this easy Chicken and Kale Soup Recipe that I made for dinner this week. 

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.

Chicken and Kale Soup Ingredients

1 3 -4 lb Whole Chicken

1 pound baby carrots, sliced

5 celery stalks, sliced

1 large onion, chopped

1 bag 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

How to Make This Chicken Soup with Kale

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.

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 minutes

Cook Time: 2 hours hours 40 minutes minutes

Total Time: 2 hours hours 50 minutes 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

Nutritional Disclosure

Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should only be used as an approximation.

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