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Skinny Chinese Chicken Soup

 

Skinny Chinese Chicken Soup
I just adore chicken soup and have shared so many recipes in the past.  This time I’m sharing a different one with a delightful Asian flair.  This soup is so delicious and loaded with good-for-you ingredients. I’m using brown rice instead of noodles, lean chicken, edamame, mushrooms, scallions, and ginger.  One cup serving has 211 calories and 4 grams of fat.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 211kcal

Ingredients

Ingredients for Soup:

  • 3 (14 oz) cans reduced-sodium chicken broth, I like Swanson’s
  • 2 cups mushrooms, stemmed and sliced
  • 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoon sherry, optional
  • 1 tablespoon ginger (in a jar), see shopping tips
  • 2 cups cooked chicken breasts, cut into small chunks, see shopping tips
  • cups frozen or fresh edamame, shelled
  • ½ cup scallions (green onions), sliced
  • cups cooked brown rice, I love Basmati brown rice, see shopping tips

Ingredients for Garnish: (optional)

  • ¼ cup scallions, sliced
  • Sesame seeds

Instructions

  • In a large pot, add chicken broth, mushrooms, soy sauce, sugar, sherry and ginger and mix well.  Turn heat up to a boil, then turn down to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes.
  • Stir in the chicken, edamame, and ½ cup scallions.  Continue to cook for 10 more minutes.  Add brown rice and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
  • Ladle 1 cup into each bowl.  Sprinkle with a little scallions and sesame seeds, if desired.

Notes

Makes 8 cups (each serving, 1 cup)

Healthy Benefits

Edamame (soybeans) are extremely high in protein and fiber, provide useful amounts of B vitamins, significant calcium, and a little zinc.
Mushrooms contain fiber, iron, niacin, folate, vitamin C, and complex carbohydrates.
Brown rice is a good source of magnesium which helps to maintain proper blood pressure.  It also contains a fair amount of fiber, iron, niacin, thiamine, and vitamin B6.
I love the flavor of Swanson’s chicken broth however, if you’re on a reduced-sodium diet, choose a broth with much less sodium.

Shopping Tips

My favorite rice to use is Basmati brown rice.  You can find it now in most supermarkets.  I bought it at Trader Joe’s.
I love the cooked chicken breasts at Trader Joe’s but any cooked and skinned chicken will work just fine.
Chopped or crushed ginger, in a jar, can be found in the produce section near garlic, in a jar.
 
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 4-Blue
WW SmartPoints
5-Green
WW POINTS PLUS 5
 
SKINNY FACTS: for 1 cup (doesn’t include optional toppings)
211 calories, 4g fat, 0g sat. fat, 17mg chol, 19g protein, 24g carbs, 3g fiber, 769mg sodium, 7g sugar
FACTS: for Freestyle SmartPoints
140 calories, 0g sat. fat, 4g protein, 5g sugar

Skinny Facts

Serving: 1cupCalories: 211kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 19gFat: 4gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 769mgFiber: 3gSugar: 7gBlue Smart Points: 4Green Smart Points: 5Plus Points: 5

If you make this recipe, let me know how you liked it. Leave me a comment below or give it a rating. Thanks so much. Happy Skinny Cooking!

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