A easy Chicken Vegetable Soup recipe that is ready in 35 minutes. This is my family’s favorite Winter soup that uses fresh vegetables! We use Instant Potatoes to make the broth more creamy!
Chicken Vegetable Soup
I am in love with this Hearty Chicken Vegetable Soup This soup is delicious because it’s full of vegetables to fill you up and keep you warm during the winter months. It’s also incredibly easy and quick to make. At the end we throw in some instant potatoes to thicken up the soup to make it a bit extra creamy. Instant potatoes are my new favorite thickener for soups, I love using them this way.
And then there’s kale in this soup, my dear kale. Do you know we’re still growing kale? Yup, under the green house there are multiple kale plants all big and strong that are providing me bags full of this hearty green vegetable in the refrigerator.
The last week I’ve been using kale in soups and pastas frequently which really makes me happy. I love kale in soup as it really turns into a soft green vegetable in a few minutes of broth, that also packs a great punch of nutrition. I just run up to the garden, get the green house off, and fill up my basket. All with a winter coat and mittens on of course.
Chicken Vegetable Soup Ingredients
- carrots
- potato
- kale
- cooked chicken breast
- garlic
- chicken broth
- olive oil
- dried thyme
- dried basil
- dried parsley
- salt
- pepper
- instant potatoes
And then I run back down and start my soup. This soup has so much harvest happiness happening, there’s kale, carrots, potatoes and many dried herbs. I threw in some chicken to make it more hearty, but if you want to go the meatless route, feel free to leave out the chicken and add more vegetables or use tofu or pasta instead.
What I do hope is you give this soup a try, I think it will really warm your heart and taste buds!
Chicken Soup Recipes
Looking for more soup recipes that include chicken as a ingredient? Make sure to try my Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup, Chicken and Dumpling Soup and Chicken Tortilla Soup!
I hope you love this Chicken Vegetable Soup as much as my family does!
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Chicken Vegetable Soup
PrintIngredients
- 2 large carrots - peeled and cut up into bite size pieces
- 1 extra large potato - cut up into bite size pieces
- 1 cup kale - ripped up into small pieces
- 1/2 pound shredded cooked chicken breast
- 2 cloves garlic - minced
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon salt
- pinch of black pepper
- 1/2 cup instant potatoes
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients except instant potatoes in a pot over medium high heat.
- Bring to a boil then simmer for 20 minutes.
- Add instant potatoes and cook for 2 more minutes, stirring so everything is mixed.
- Serve and enjoy!
Beth @ bethcakes says
I really need to get caught up on Scandal. I’m only like halfway through the first season, haha. But this soup looks absolutely wonderful! Love that fresh kale!
Pam says
Scandal is my very favorite show! It gets crazier and more exciting every episode… just you wait!
The soup looks hearty and so delicious. Kale is my very favorite soup ingredient.
Anna (Hidden Ponies) says
This looks like perfect comfort food! I always struggle to photograph soup – yours looks awesome.
Mary Frances @ The Sweet {Tooth} Life says
Loved hearing about your week by the numbers! Sounds like it has been a good one. Every time you post a soup recipe, I just have to try it. You are becoming the queen of soups!
Shundara@SavyNaturalista says
Lovely soup and the garden is looking great! 🙂
Debra says
My kale is not ready to harvest yet but the chard is. Don’t worry about the laundry….you are a busy woman! 🙂 (Anyway, that is my excuse and you are way busier than me.) Beautiful soup. (I hope you post about the project you are working on—the first photo is intriguing.) LOL
Gretchen @ Two Healthy Kitchens says
This looks seriously divine! I just love soup – year round! – and chicken soup is a favorite at my house. I’m super jealous of your green house – I wish I could grow something without killing it, and keep it going in the frozen tundra that December is turning into! The kale is a brilliant addition – so nutritious! High five!!
YAY for cookie week!!! I love cookies. LOVE cookies. Since we’re talking numbers, I could eat approximately 89402890483209 cookies. No joke. I won’t even get out the stretch jeans – it’ll be all yoga pants. They allow for maximum indulgences! 🙂
Kelly says
I love kale and it sounds incredible in this hearty and delicious soup! We love enjoying big bowls of soup especially during this time of year 🙂 Yay, cant’ wait for cookie week!
Nammi says
yumm, love the hearty looking soup and the beautiful Kale you have there. Although I am not a big fan of Fitz 🙂 but love the series .
Joanne says
I loved hearing all these numbers!! We had tacos last week also! And soup. Always soup. This is chicken soup for the soul!!
Jennifer @ Not Your Momma's Cookie says
Yay for cookie week! And, this yummy soup too, of course 🙂
Katie says
I’m so jealous of your kale and all your greenhouse plants! Everything i’ve tried to grow outside has died. It’s been -10 to -20 for the last 5 days. Nothing will grow in that!
My greens inside are doing okay though – I ate a nice big salad straight from my house yesterday!
Tandy | Lavender and Lime says
lovely soup! I find that acupuncture really helps me as well 🙂
Coffee and Crumpets says
Wait till you watch the current season of Scandal…it’ll blow your mind!! And yeah, Fitz, he’s pretty awesome.
I haven’t soup at all this week, which is crazy because it’s been below 0 in Denver every night for a week now.
Mason Canyon says
This is so not fair. It’s almost midnight as I’m reading this and now I want Chicken Vegetable Soup. Nothing says warmth on a cold rainy day like chicken soup. I’ve never tried it with kale, but I will now.
Mason
Thoughts in Progress
Laura @ The Rookie Cook says
Yumm, this soup looks delicious and comforting. I am so jealous of your greenhouse!!
Abbe@This is How I Cook says
A Happy Soup – oh my! And I like those numbers. To me they mean 11 days until my birthday. Well, I think I like those numbers!
Catherine says
Tis the season for delicious soup such as this. I love chicken soup, especially hearty soup such as this.
Instant potatoes are wonderful to thicken soup. I am so glad to see that you do this too.
Monica says
I think it’s time for sweat pants and loose dresses right now! Bring on cookie week – but thanks for this hearty and healthy soup in the meantime. The world needs soup! : ) I love all the counts you’ve listed here – boy, have you all been busy!
Sarah & Arkadi says
This soup screams fresh and healthy!
Davida @ The Healthy Maven says
My turkey soup is finally running low. I think this would make a fab replacement! Also do a post on acupuncture! It’s amazing and I swear by it.
vanillasugarblog says
yes
yes
yes…please talk about the acupuncture.
I am seriously thinking about it for my knees; we don’t have a lot of money so that’s what keeping me at bay. But if it does what everyone keeps saying it does, I’ll empty out the savings!
Ashley | Spoonful of Flavor says
That kale looks amazing and so does this soup! I haven’t started watching Scandal yet, but I need to soon.
Nicole ~ Cooking for Keeps says
I could sooo use a bowl of this right about now. I’m decked head to toe in sweats and I’m still freezing my tush off. Love all the kale!
vicky and ruth / May I Have That Recipe? says
You know I am a big fan of your fresh produce and now I am a bog fan of this comforting soup full of healthy chunks of fresh veggies. Can wait to make my self a this soup. I think I will go with the Tofu this time.
Laura @ Lauras Baking Talent says
This soup looks amazing! I can’t believe you are still growning kale, that is awesome. I haven’t watched scandel maybe I will have to start this holiday season.
John@Kitchen Riffs says
I’m definitely not eating enough tacos! Gotta up my game. 😉 Terrific looking soup – colorful, and nice and healthy. Good stuff – thanks.
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
SUCH a gorgeous, ultra hearty soup!!
and omg yay Cookie Week!
Beth says
Love the soup – and love all the numbers in this post! Hope you’re having a great weekend.
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
I had LOTS of kale last week too. Your soup looks so comforting and tasty.