Barbecue Chicken Soup with black beans. A delicious, healthy, smoky flavoured soup made with leftover barbecue chicken and nutrition packed black beans.
Barbecue Chicken Soup with black beans
In winter we often take this idea and use a supermarket rotisserie chicken or leftovers from it to make this delicious soup. Just because it’s summer though, doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy a wholesome, nutritious, soul warming soup.
Barbecue Chicken Soup with black beans
Got leftover chicken from your weekend barbecue or weekday grilled chicken dinner? If you do, you are well on your way to enjoying this delicious soup.
The char on the barbecue chicken imparts great smoky flavor to the soup. Also, the barbecue sauce brings a slight sweetness that works very well.
Be sure to rinse canned black beans well before using them.
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Even in the summer we need a good leftover rescue recipe or two. This one is a terrific way to stretch another meal from the remains of a yummy barbecue meal.
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Barbecue Chicken Soup with black beans
Barbecue Chicken Soup with black beans. A delicious, healthy, smoky flavoured soup made with leftover barbecue chicken and nutrition packed black beans.
Ingredients
- 1 large red onion, diced small
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 4 1/2 cups chicken stock, homemade or low sodium
- One 28 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1/4 cup barbecue sauce, preferably the same one you used on the barbecued chicken
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 large carrots, diced
- 2 large stalks celery, diced
- salt and pepper to season
- One 19 ounce can black beans, rinsed
- 2 to 3 cups diced leftover barbecue chicken
- baby spinach leaves, optional
Instructions
- Begin by sauteing together the red onion and garlic together with the oil in a large heavy bottomed pot.
- Cook until the onions have softened but not browned. Add the chicken stock, diced tomatoes, BBQ sauce, thyme, paprika, carrots, celery, salt and pepper.
- Cook until the carrots are almost cooked through then add the black beans and chicken. When serving you add a few leaves of baby spinach to each bowl before ladling in the soup to serve.
Nutrition Information
Yield
6Serving Size
1 servingAmount Per Serving Calories 374Total Fat 13gSaturated Fat 3gUnsaturated Fat 0gCholesterol 34mgSodium 754mgCarbohydrates 44gFiber 9gSugar 14gProtein 21g