Cream of Tomato with Chicken & Orzo

Bonus: Serve with roasted garlic butter spread on warm crusty bread. Roast a head of garlic for about 1/2 hour at 350F. Combine with equal amount of butter in immersion blender and add a bit of chicken stock to taste.

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 23:53:53 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories581.6 kcal (29%)

Total Fat35.4 g (51%)

Carbs33.6 g (13%)

Sugars17 g (19%)

Protein33.3 g (67%)

Sodium894.3 mg (45%)

Fiber5.3 g (19%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

32 ozchicken stock

made using a store bought rotisserie chicken - meat separated for use in soup

16 ozcrushed tomatoes

4 ozheavy cream

used a quarter of pint aprox - go slow in this step - you want THIS color

2 ozOrzo

pre-cooked, you may not want to add it all to your soup, you decide at the moment

0.5chicken

the meat from, pulled into small pieces, similar size as the orzo

4carrots

regular

sugar

4 stalkscelery

0.5onion

regular, chopped small, same size as the orzo

to taste, I left out the butter

Instructions

Step 1

Make notes of any adjustments you make in the measurements, and how much of the other ingredients you add. Then you'll have you're own recipe to follow.

Step 2

Other information:Orzo in soup: https://www.cooksinfo.com/orzo "When using in soups, bear in mind that it will swell up to about 4 times its size. As a rough guide, try no more than around 50g (¼ cup) of dry orzo per 2 litres (2 quarts / 8 cups of soup) being made"