- prep: 25 min
- cook: 35 min
- total: 1 hr
Summary
Leftover roast chicken or store-bought rotisserie chicken can be turned into a hearty dinner soup in about half an hour. Fresh dill and lemon add a nice dose of brightness.
Ingredients
- 1 cooked chicken carcass (from 1 store-bought rotisserie chicken or homemade roast chicken)
- 1 lb. sweet potatoes (about 2 medium), peeled, cut into 1" pieces
- 3/4 cup French lentils (about 5 oz.), rinsed
- 1 tsp. kosher salt, plus more
- 2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
- 10 celery stalks, sliced on the bias into 1/4" slices
- 6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken (from 1/2 of a store-bought rotisserie chicken or homemade roast chicken)
- 1/2 head escarole, cut into bite-size pieces
- 1/2 cup finely chopped dill
- 2 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 277 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 20 g 30.11%
- Saturated Fat: 6 g 27.7%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 23 mg 7.59%
- Sodium: 1208 mg 50.34%
- Calcium: 54 mg 5.37%
- Potassium: 183 mg 5.22%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 2 mg 11.86%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 17 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 4 g 14.8%
- Sugar: 2 g
- Protein: 10 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Vitamin A 0.07%
- Vitamin C 15.68%
- 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.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat4
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch1
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat1
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total0 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total3 oz-eq