By Jodee Weiland
It’s that time of year when everyone enjoys a delicious bowl of hot soup. There are a wide variety of soup recipes out there to choose from when making soup, so you have to decide a few things before choosing the recipe that’s right for you. Are you a clear broth soup eater or do you prefer a cream soup? I have a tendency to choose the clear broth soups because they are usually healthier and for the most part, lower in calories. I also love a soup that has lots of vegetables. So when I put together my latest soup combination, I came up with my Savory Chicken Mushroom Soup with Great Northern Beans and best of all, it is done in a crock pot!
This wonderful crock pot soup has cut up boneless chicken breasts with a pound of sliced mushrooms. I love the rich flavor that mushrooms add to any dish and in soup, they are delicious. By using only chicken breasts, this soup is lower in calories and healthier. In addition to mushrooms and chicken breasts, I’ve added carrots, celery, and onions. These three vegetables with fresh garlic added always make a clear broth soup better tasting. Finally, adding the right seasonings to all of this help enhance the overall flavor of the soup, while making this soup a sure winner!
Savory Chicken Mushroom Soup with Great Northern
- 2 to 4 boneless chicken breasts without skin cut up
- 1/8 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 large onion cut up
- 2 to 3 garlic cloves chopped
- 1 and 1/2 cups carrots, peeled and sliced
- 1 cup celery sliced
- 1 pound sliced mushrooms
- 64 ounces vegetable or chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon dried basil leaves
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- Sea salt and ground black pepper to taste
- Optional: Serve with fresh lemon juice or dash of hot sauce
Put the olive oil in the bottom of the crock pot. Cut up, slice, and prepare your ingredients. Then throw in the onions, garlic, carrots, celery, sliced mushrooms, and cut up chicken breasts. Add broth and seasonings next. Cover the crock pot and set to cook for 6 to 8 hours. When done, serve your soup.
My Savory Chicken Mushroom Soup with Great Northern Beans is both delicious and healthy! The savory flavors in this soup will have you wanting more every time. If you like a little something extra for flavor, add a little fresh lemon juice or dash of hot sauce. Serve this wonderful soup with a loaf of crusty multigrain bread and a glass of red wine. We chose a Chianti, and it paired well with this soup. However you decide to serve your soup, you are going to love the rich flavors the mushrooms give this delicious clear broth soup. It’s hearty and will warm you up on a cold winter day, so enjoy!
There really isn’t anything better than Chicken soup during a cold spell. The cold spell here is lasting a long time and this soup is going to be the perfect warm me up. Thanks Jodee and a happy 2015!
Thanks, MJ! This soup is delicious and will definitely warm up those cold winter days. Thanks for stopping by to chat with me!
This is my kind of soup. The weather here is perfect soup weather.
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Thanks, Rick! It’s our kind of soup, too! Soup always makes a cold day a little warmer. Thanks for stopping by to chat with me!
I love mushrooms!!! And I agree – I tend to choose clear broth soups over creamy ones most of the time too. They always seem to be just right. I’ll have to pin this to my soup board and put it on my meal plan soon!
Thanks, Stephanie! Clear broth soups have a lot of flavor because of the variety of vegetables usually added. This soup does, and it tastes wonderful. Thanks for stopping by to chat with me!
This is a very warm and tasty soup Jodee! Pinned to my group board Culinary Flavors of the World. If you would like you can join us and pin there too. Just send me your pinterest mail and I will add you!
Thanks, Katerina! This soup was both delicious and healthy. I’m already on your group board and appreciate you having it.Thanks for stopping by to visit and chat!
Nothing like a nice warm bowl of soup on a cold day like today. This looks amazing!
Thank you! It is so delicious and healthy as well. Thanks for stopping by to visit with me!
This soup looks so comforting and delicious! I prefer clear broth soup too – a big bowl of this sounds perfect to warm up with on these cold winter days!
Thanks, Kelly! This soup is definitely the perfect way to warm up on cold winter days. We love it! Thanks for stopping by to chat with me today!
Nothing like a bowl of soup to warm your heart! I also would like to Thank you for coming and linking up at #TheWeekendSocial. Please be sure to come back this week starting Thursday at 9PM EST on KitchenDreaming.com ! I hope to see you there! Pinned
So right, Dina! Warm soup really comforts you on a winter day! Thanks for stopping by to chat with me!
I’ve been feeling under the weather, and am feeling better already just reading about this soup! I think I will definitely add some hot sauce at the end to give it a kick. Thanks for sharing!
Sorry to hear you aren’t feeling well! This soup is great for when you aren’t feeling too good. It will help you get back and feeling better. Thanks for stopping by to visit and chat with me!
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