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Barbecue Chicken Soup with black beans in a square bowl with roll on the side

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.

Course Soup
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 6 or more servings
Calories 374 kcal
Author Barry C. Parsons

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 barbeque sauce preferably the same one you used on the barbequed 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 barbeque chicken
  • baby spinach optional

Instructions

  1. Begin by sauteing together the red onion and garlic together with the oil in a large heavy bottomed pot.
  2. Cook until the onions have softened but not browned. Add the chicken stock, diced tomatoes, BBQ sauce, thyme, paprika, carrots, celery, salt and pepper.
  3. 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.