Salsa Verde Chicken Soup · Seasonal Cravings

Salsa Verde Hen Soup is a fast, weeknight soup that is filled with taste.  Utilizing ready hen and salsa verde makes it tremendous quick.  When you have leftover salsa, I included 14 methods to make use of it to make weeknight cooking extra flavorful.

Generally you want a fast and straightforward dinner that may make the entire household glad together with the prepare dinner.  I like having meals in my repertoire that I do know I can use when I’m tremendous busy in the course of the week.  The most effective half about this Salsa Verde Hen Soup is it tastes higher the following day so ship it in everybody’s lunches.  It is like cooking and meal prepping multi functional.  

This recipe is endlessly forgiving.  Use any canned beans you may have in the home, and be happy to chop up any veggies you have to do away with.  Carrots and peppers can be nice sauteed with the onions.  Clear that fridge out whereas additionally including vitamins to your loved ones’s meals.  I prefer to seize a rotisserie hen for this and I at all times have salsa verde readily available.  

Components

• shredded cooked hen – I used a store-bought rotisserie hen. Should you choose to prepare dinner your individual hen I recommend sauteeing hen thighs on the range high first till totally cooked then add these to the soup. 
• onion
• cumin 
• canned beans – I used black and pinto beans
• hen broth – gluten free if wanted
• salsa verde
• butter
• salt and pepper
• toppings: avocado, Mexican cheese, cilantro, bitter cream, crimson onion, jalapeno 

Directions 

1. Saute diced onion in 1 tablespoon butter for about 5 min. Add the cumin and stir.
2. Add all different components and produce to a boil, let simmer on low simply till flavors begin to marry, about 10 minutes.
3. Serve scorching with numerous toppings.

How do I Retailer Leftover Soup?

You possibly can retailer leftover Salsa Verde Hen Soup in a jar with a tight-fitting lid or a plastic container within the fridge for as much as three days.  Simply reheat within the microwave and you’ll want to add these toppings. 

You might additionally make a double batch and put it within the freezer. I prefer to retailer soups in freezer baggage laying flat so they do not take up a variety of room.

15 Methods to Use Salsa Verde

1. with nachos
2. on fish tacos
3. as a dip for quesadillas
4. in hen enchiladas
5. with scrambled eggs
6. on the facet of this Herbed Skirt Steak or as a marinade for meat
7. on a cheeseburger
8. in a Mexican dressing
9. in black beans
10. combine into rice
11. on high of Cheesy Quinoa Stuffed Peppers with Broccoli
12. in Taco Soup with Sweet Potatoes
13. in a Mexican Rice Bowl
14. on high of a baked potato with cheese
15. on high of pork tenderloin

Hen Soup with Salsa Verde

This tremendous quick Hen Soup is filled with taste from the salsa verde. Serve with crusty bread or tortilla chips.

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Course: Dinner

Delicacies: American

Food regimen: Gluten Free

Key phrase: hen soup with salsa verde

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook dinner Time: 30 minutes

Complete Time: 40 minutes

Servings: 6

Energy: 253kcal

Components

• 1 cup shredded cooked hen
• 1 medium onion diced
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 2 14 oz . cans beans I used 1 pinto and 1 black, rinsed
• 3 cups hen inventory gluten free
• 1 cup salsa verde
• 1 tablespoon butter
• salt and pepper to style
• Toppings:
• avocado cheddar or Monterey jack cheese, bitter cream, cilantro

Directions

• Saute diced onion in 1 tablespoon butter for about 5 min. Add cumin and stir.

• Add all different components and produce to a boil.

• Let simmer on low simply till flavors begin to marry, about 10 minutes.

• Serve scorching with numerous toppings.

Notes

Toppings not included in diet calculations.

Vitamin

Energy: 253kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 14g | Fats: 9g | Saturated Fats: 4g | Ldl cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 580mg | Potassium: 591mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 433IU | Vitamin C: 4mg | Calcium: 146mg | Iron: 3mg

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