Creamy Cajun Chicken Soup
This delicious Chicken Soup is the very definition of Comfort Food!
Servings 6 people
Calories 457kcal
Equipment
- 1 Dutch Oven
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ onion chopped
- ½ red bell pepper chopped
- 1 lb. ground chicken (or chicken sausage)
- 1 ½ cups chicken broth
- 1 can black beans
- 1 can chili beans (or kidney beans, or red beans)
- 10 oz yellow corn (1 can)
- 8 oz tomato sauce (1 small can)
- 1 tablespoon Cajun Seasoning
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 4 oz cream cheese
- Toppings (sour cream, avocado and shredded Cheddar cheese)
Instructions
- Add olive oil to the pan, turn heat to medium high and add chopped onions and bell peppers. Cook for 5 minutes, just enough to slightly soften and brown the onions.
- Add ground chicken and break it apart with the wooden soup. cook on medium high heat together with onions and peppers.
- Next, add chicken broth, black beans, chili beans, yellow corn, tomato sauce, and Cajun Seasoning.
- Simmer the soup for 5 minutes (the liquid should be boiling slightly).
- Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Microwave the cream cheese for 20 seconds on the oven proof plate to soften it. Add the cream cheese to the soup and allow it to be fully incorporated).
- Serve with the toppings of your choice or all of them: sliced avocado, sour cream and shredded Cheddar cheese.
Nutrition
Calories: 457kcal | Carbohydrates: 61g | Protein: 26g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 67mg | Sodium: 1033mg | Potassium: 1201mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 1062IU | Vitamin C: 17mg | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 5mg