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This Creamy Chicken and Vegetable Soup uses milk instead of cream for a lighter dinner!
January is soup-month like no other!
I’m trying to get better at keeping up with seasonal/holiday trends this year. In the past I’ve been known to just about get a couple of recipes out, right at the last minute. That or forget entirely.
Not because I hadn’t thought about it, but more because I’d either thought about it too late, or had already filled up my schedule with other stuff I wanted to make (often off-season recipes that I was craving).
Since Chris has been working with me, he’s helped to really get me thinking about planning ahead.
I can’t deny, I was a little disgruntled at first. After all, planning is my thang ????????
I’ve always worked out basic yearly targets, then split those down into monthly targets, and then I’ve planned my weekly plan in with absolute precision (check out my post on Living the Blog about how I plan my weekly blogging timetable). It’s good, it’s fun (well, if you like planning this is ????) and it works!
However, Chris is like Nicky-the-crazy-organised-planner Mark II (or maybe even Mark M! That’s 1000 in Roman numerals btw. I had to look that up.)
He was cracking the whip, making sure I planned in three, four or even five pieces of Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas content in plenty of time for you guys. Which, as it turned out, was good for me too. And once it was published, I felt enormous satisfaction that I was making useful content.
So I’ve no doubt I’ll be planning more seasonally-correct meals this year, but much like my diet, I’m sure there’ll be blips along the way (I’m trying my best not to publish my nougat cookies so close to Christmas, when everyone is being good. I’ll hold out for as long as I can!).
In the meantime, I’ve got more soups, curries and a few Chinese New Year recipes coming up soon!
Creamy Chicken and Vegetable Soup Recipe:
Creamy Chicken and Vegetable Soup
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breasts chopped into bitesize chunks
- 3 carrots peeled and roughly chopped
- 3 potatoes peeled and roughly chopped
- 2 celery sticks sliced
- 150 g (5.3 oz) mushrooms sliced
- pinch salt and pepper
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 850 ml (3 1/2 cups) chicken stock
- 3.5 tbsp butter
- 1 large onion, peeled and finely chopped
- 6 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour
- 300 ml (1 1/4 cups) semi-skimmed milk
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 130 g (1 1/2 packed cups) sliced kale
- 2 tbsp chopped parsley
Instructions
- Add chicken, carrots, potatoes, celery, mushroom, salt, pepper, thyme, and stock to a large saucepan. Boil, then simmer for 15 minutes.3 chicken breasts, 3 carrots, 3 potatoes, 2 celery sticks, 150 g (5.3 oz) mushrooms, pinch salt and pepper, 1 tsp dried thyme, 850 ml (3 1/2 cups) chicken stock
- Drain and reserve the liquid stock.
- Add butter and onions to a large saucepan. Cook onions for 5-6 mins on a medium heat, until softened. Add the flour and mix using a balloon whisk. Add in a ladle of the reserved stock. Stir with the whisk until smooth. Repeat until stock is used. Pour in the milk and heat whilst stirring with the whisk until the soup thickens.3.5 tbsp butter, 1 large onion,, 6 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour, 300 ml (1 1/4 cups) semi-skimmed milk
- Add the chicken and veggies back in. Add the kale. Heat through and add in half the lemon juice. Taste and add more lemon juice and seasoning if required. Sprinkle with parsley, then serve.1 tbsp lemon juice, 130 g (1 1/2 packed cups) sliced kale, 2 tbsp chopped parsley
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Sounds and looks so good! Do you think I can substitute defrosted/drained frozen spinach for the kale without altering the flavor too much? I just don’t feel like running to the store (lazy…lol)