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Chicken minestrone

This comforting and filling chicken minestrone soup is not only healthy and nutritious but it's a tasty crowd-pleaser and is super-easy to make!

  • Time to make: 30 mins
  • Serving: 3 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic, chopped
  • ½ leek, finely chopped, or 2 spring onions
  • 1 carrot, diced
  • 2 Brussels sprouts, outer leaves peeled off and reserved, inner cores diced
  • 400g can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
  • 400g can no-added-salt diced tomatoes
  • 1 cup salt-reduced chicken stock
  • 1 cup small broccoli florets
  • 200g chicken tenderloins, cut in chunks
  • ½ teaspoon celery salt
  • ½ cup chopped fresh parsley, to serve
  • 2 tablespoons grated parmesan, to serve
  • 3 slices of grainy bread, toasted, to serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 In a large pot, heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil over medium. Add garlic, leek, carrot and cores of Brussels sprouts and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes.

    2 Add beans, tomatoes and stock. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add extra water if needed. Add broccoli, chicken and celery salt and cook a further 5-10 minutes, until chicken is cooked through. Add reserved Brussels sprouts leaves and stir through.

    3 Serve soup garnished with parsley and parmesan, drizzled with remaining oil and toast on the side. Season with pepper.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free bread and check stock is gluten free.

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