- prep: 10 min
- cook: 20 min
- total: 30 min
Summary
The soup is easy, ready in 30 minutes, hearty, and healthy. It’s packed with flavor, texture, and even for those who think that soup can’t make a meal, this one will change your mind. To save time I used shredded rotisserie chicken. The beans add heartiness and protein while the kale, cabbage, and zucchini add texture. There’s sweet Vidalia onions, garlic, and celery for a flavor boost.. I use low-sodium chicken broth, low-sodium beans, and add a bit of salt to the soup so I can control the overall salt level. The saltiness of low-sodium broth, beans, rotisserie chickens, and personal preferences for salt all vary so salt to taste.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cups sweet Vidalia or yellow onion, peeled and diced small (about 2 medium/large onions)
- (about 2 stalks)
- 2 to 3 cups green cabbage, sliced into thin ribbons (about 1/2 small head of cabbage)
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled and finely minced
- 64 ounces (8 cups) low-sodium chicken broth
- 3 to 4 cups shredded cooked chicken (use about 1 whole storebought rotisserie chicken to save time; or roast or cook your own chicken in a skillet)
- two 15-ounce cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoons salt, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon black pepper, or to taste
- leaves from 4 large stalks of kale, torn into bite-sized pieces (discard the center thick rib)
- 1 cup zucchini, diced small (from about 1 medium zucchini)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice, optional (brightens up the flavor)
Instructions
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- Servings Per Recipe: 14
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 130 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 3 g 4.74%
- Saturated Fat: 0 g 2.26%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 0 mg 0%
- Sodium: 301 mg 12.53%
- Calcium: 96 mg 9.64%
- Potassium: 218 mg 6.22%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 1 mg 8%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 21 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 3 g 11.51%
- Sugar: 2 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Vitamin A 1.21%
- Vitamin C 26.29%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
- Exchange - Fat1
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch0
- Exchange - Vegetables3
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
- MyPlate - Grain Total0 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total1 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total1 oz-eq