Chicken Soup (Caldo de Pollo)

Prep:15minCook:45min

This caldo de pollo is mad efor the picky eaters. I don't like carrots or celery so i chop them really little to add flavor but not take away from the soup.

Updated at: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 19:38:11 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories347.8 kcal (17%)

Total Fat7.6 g (11%)

Carbs47.4 g (18%)

Sugars2.8 g (3%)

Protein20.5 g (41%)

Sodium926.7 mg (46%)

Fiber2.1 g (8%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

For the chicken:

2chicken breasts

you can use other cuts of chicken but I prefer to not have bones in my soup

1 tspold bay seasoning

1 tspsalt

or to taste

½ tsppepper

I prefer white pepper

For the soup base:

3celery stalks

3carrots

1yellow onion

1 ½ tspvegetable bouillon

or tomato bouillon

1 ½ tspchicken bouillon

1 ½ cupsChicken Broth

salt

to taste

3 cupswater

as needed

1 ½ cupsrice

Instructions

Step 1

Clean and chop the chicken into bite size pieces. Season with salt, pepper, old bay and other seasonings if you want.

Cutting Board

Knife

chicken breasts2

old bay seasoning1 tsp

salt1 tsp

pepper½ tsp

Step 2

Chop the veggies(celery, carrots, onion). I sometimes add potato or corn on the cob(cut the cob in half).

Knife

Cutting Board

celery stalks3

carrots3

yellow onion1

Step 3

Add oil to pot and heat up on medium- high. Add the chicken when hot and sear the outside of it a bit(it will finish cooking in the broth). Add vegetables and cook for a few minutes until liquids begin to be released.

Pot

Spoon

Step 4

Add the chicken stock and seasonings to the pot. Followed by adding additional water as needed. I use anywhere from 2 to 4 cups of water depending how many servings you want and how liquidy of a soup you like. Stir and reduce temp to low.

vegetable bouillon1 ½ tsp

chicken bouillon1 ½ tsp

Chicken Broth1 ½ cups

salt

water3 cups

Step 5

At this point you can go ahead and either add rice to the pot or if you don't like mushy rice cook a batch of rice to be served with the soup. I add about 1.5 cups of rice to the pot.