I guess we all didn’t like veggies when we were kids 🙂 kids mostly love fruits and so was I, because fruits are sweet and veggies are not. But, despite our childhood preferences my today’s post is about vegetable soup which I could probably like many years back if I would tried it before. My today’s soup is light, smooth and simply delicious.
When I made it first time and tried, it was love from the first spoon. 😀 In Russia soup has another look (like Schi I posted about earlier), but creamy soup have different consistency and taste. Needless to say, that soup with fresh veggies and plenty of protein in chicken breast are always a healthy choice for a general well-being and also for those who look after their body shape.
Such soup for dinner can be a weekday lifesaver, especially if you make a huge pot ahead! 😉
This soup can be made completely vegetarian, or based on chicken stock (nothing beats the flavor of homemade chicken stock!), or it’s good way for using leftover chicken. Do what works best for you. 🙂
Ingredients:
Cooked or raw chicken breast – 2, medium size
Zucchini – 1 large
Bell peppers – 2-3
Tomatoes – 3
Onion – 1
Garlic clove – 1
Dry thyme – 1 tsp, optionally
Bunches of dill and/or parsley, finely chopped, or 2 tsp dry
Olive oil – 1 Tbsp
A pinch of chilli or cayenne pepper
Salt, pepper – to taste
Preparation:
- If you make this soup with raw chicken breast follow next step, otherwise go to the step 3.
- First of all, put the chicken breasts into a pan and cover with water (1l/34oz or so). Add bay leave, whole small onion and several peppercorns; bring to boil, simmer for 20 minutes or until the breasts are ready. Discard herbs and onion. Take the chicken out, cool it, then cut into small cubes and set aside. Reserve the stock. You can do it a day or two ahead.
- In a soup pot, heat the olive oil. Add the onion and cook until tender for 5 minutes.
- Cut bell peppers into cubes, add to the onion and saute for 4-5 minutes.
- Cut the zucchini into cubes, add to the veg-mixture and saute for 2 minutes more.
- Add chopped garlic, herbs* and chili pepper, stir and cook for 30 seconds more.
- Chop the tomatoes, add into the pot along with chicken stock (or water), season with salt and pepper and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
- Puree the soup until smooth. Put chicken cubes* into soup, bring it to a boil. Cover with a lid and simmer over moderate heat about 10 minutes.
- Ladle the soup into bowls, garnish with fresh dill or parsley and serve with baguette slices.
*I recommend reserve some chicken and herbs for garnish.
Enjoy!
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milkandbun 
Fabulous recipe! One of my fav winter soups!
YUM! That looks delicious and sounds healthy!
Beautiful dish! I bet it tastes as good as it looks 🙂
“Love from the first spoon”–fantastic!!
Mila, this soup looks delicious and I like the dill on the top for more fragrance 🙂
This looks so colorful and delicious! thanks for coming by my blog so I could discover yours! I love all of these flavors and veggies, I am always cooking with them. I don’t eat meat, but I could totally replace it with chickpeas, potatoes or something and I bet it would be fabulous! Love the warm color too 🙂
This looks so colorful and delicious! thanks for coming by my blog so I could discover yours! I love all of these flavors and veggies, I am always cooking with them. I don’t eat meat, but I could totally replace it with chickpeas, potatoes or something and I bet it would be fabulous! Love the warm color too
Thank you! Next time I’ll put chickpeas instead of chicken, should be really good 😀
I love vegetable soup, your soup looks light and sounds so delicious. I love pureed soups!
I do love pureed soups too! Thank you!
Nothing cures a cold like hearty vege soup 😀
Delicious recipe!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thanks for lovely comment! 😀
Great and healthy soup. This is what I need!
Nice recipe
Chantal
Thanks! I do like when veggies not only healthy but also tasty 😀
Is it weird that I loved veggies as a kid but didn’t like fruit?? I’ve never had pureed chicken soup before, I’ve got to try this 😀
Oh, that’s not weird! Do you like fruits now? 🙂 Even some adults don’t eat vegetables because it seems bland.
The soup is smooth and tasty, you will like it. 😉
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This is indeed a beautiful flavorful soup. I love that you added chicken for additional protein and flavor!
Thanks Julie!