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.
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
- 1¼ cups frozen or fresh edamame, shelled
- ½ cup scallions (green onions), sliced
- 1½ 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
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
