16 Chicken Soup Recipes to Warm and Sustain

It’s hard to find someone who doesn’t surrender to the famous chicken soup when they’re sick, on cold or rainy days or, simply, when they feel like having a soup for dinner!

This is, probably, the most consumed soup in Brazil, and it pleases for being a complete dish, which sustains, is tasty and made in a simple way.

Chicken soup is traditionally made with chicken breast, rice, potatoes and vegetables. But that doesn’t stop people from having their particularities when preparing it at home! Today, there are more elaborate versions, lighter and healthier and even vegan!

Get inspired by the recipes below and make your chicken soup whenever you want a delicious and complete option for your dinner (and especially on cold days)!

1. Easy chicken soup: to make whenever you feel like it! You will use oil, onion, garlic, chopped chicken breast, black pepper, chicken stock, carrots, tomato, potato, tomato paste, chopped parsley, water, salt and raw rice.

2. Simple chicken soup: with few ingredients, there’s no secret when it comes to preparing this delicious soup. You will use chicken meat (leg, breast, livers and gizzards), onion, water, salt, pasta or rice and mint leaves.

3. Chicken soup in the pressure cooker: practical recipe in which you will also dirty little dishes! You will use onion, salt, pepper, tomatoes, chicken stock, chicken breast, potatoes, carrots, rice and water.

4. Chicken soup with little broth: ideal recipe to warm up… After all, who can resist a soup in the cold season?! This recipe is perfect for those who like a light, complete and delicious option for dinner.

5. Chicken soup with chayote: a fragrant and full of flavor soup. In addition to the chayote, which gives a special touch to the dish, you will use chicken breast, water, tomato paste, bay leaf, garlic, onion, salt, carrot, potato and a package of Noodles.

6. Chicken Soup with Cabbage: Cabbage gives this soup a special flavor. In addition to it, you will need chicken breast, onion, potato, carrot, rice, water, salt and pepper. Ideal dish to warm up!

7. Chicken Soup with Mint and Egg: Simple chicken soup recipe, made with chicken, rice, carrots and boiled eggs. And seasoned with mint, which gives a special touch to the dish!

8. Chicken soup with yam and mint: a recipe with more vitamins, perfect to get rid of that annoying cold in children! Worth noting!

9. Creamy soup: a very creamy soup, ideal for cold or simply rainy days. You will use chicken breast, water, tomato paste, bay leaf, garlic, onion, salt, carrots, potatoes, chayote and pasta.

10. Chicken Soup with Baroa Potatoes, Cauliflower and Leeks: To make this flavorful soup, you will use olive oil, chicken breast, garlic, onion, potatoes, chopped baroa potatoes, carrots, chopped cauliflower, chicken or vegetable stock, leeks, salt, bay leaves, white rice, parsley and flaked Parmesan cheese.

11. Chicken soup with chicken wings: you will use carrots, potatoes, coxinha da wing (drumete), water, onion, garlic, oil, seasonings to taste, salt and noodles for soup. In place of drums, if you prefer, you can use shredded chicken breast fillet.

12. Chicken soup with black rice: a functional soup, that is, a recipe adapted with healthier ingredients, such as black rice instead of white rice. Despite the appearance not being the best, the taste is surprising!

13. Low carb chicken soup: great option for those who want to cut down on their dinner carbs and give their diet a boost, but don’t give up a good soup! The tip is to replace the rice with chopped cauliflower.

14. Functional chicken soup: instead of rice you will use quinoa, which is rich in protein, iron and omega-3 and omega-6. The English potato is replaced by the sweet potato, which has complex carbohydrates that are digested more slowly and delay hunger.

15. Gluten-free chicken soup: the preparation is simple and you will only use country chicken, onion, water, gluten-free pasta, salt, pepper and mint. When serving the chicken soup, the tip is to add some mint leaves, which will give a fresher taste and will contrast with the natural fat of the meat.

16. Vegan soup: You will use textured soy protein. Or, if you want, you can use “jackfruit meat” instead, or make the soup with just the vegetables. Don’t forget to add curry… It adds a very special touch to the broth!

There is no denying it: chicken soup is a dish that fits well into the concept of comfort food – food that brings feelings and good memories, which is delicious and nutritious!