![]() While the chicken is removed from the pot, add the heavy cream and cream cheese. ![]() When the chicken is fully cooked, remove and shred. SimmerĪllow to simmer for 30 minutes, stirring every so often. Bring to a simmer, cover, and lower the heat to medium low. Add the chickenĪdd your chicken to the pot and top with your seasoning, hot sauce, tomatoes and chicken broth. Add your olive oil or butter and saute the garlic, onion, carrots, celery, and bell pepper until tender- about 3-4 minutes. Heat a large pot or dutch oven over medium heat. To make the best cajun chicken soup follow the instructions below or scroll to the bottom for the complete recipe card. You can have this one pot meal on the table in just a few easy steps! In addition to the ingredients listed above, you will need a large stock pot or a 6 quart dutch oven. Cream cheese: Adds to the texture and flavor of the soup.Heavy cream: This is most important ingredient to create a delicious creamy, rich flavor.Here is a great homemade chicken broth recipe. Chicken broth: You can use store bought or homemade chicken broth.Fire roasted tomatoes: if you prefer a milder flavor you can use regular canned tomatoes.Hot sauce: We love Frank’s but use the brand of your choice.Spices: Old Bay or your favorite Cajun seasoning.Chicken breast: chicken tenderloins or even boneless chicken thighs will work if you prefer dark meat.Vegetables: onion, celery, carrots, and bell pepper- chopped.Minced Garlic: contributes to the Cajun flavor.Butter: added to create a rich, thicker texture.For the complete recipe, just scroll to the bottom of the page. You really can’t ask for a better weeknight meal- it helps you stick to your keto diet, everyone in your family is going to love it, and there is barely any cleanup! Ingredients in Cajun Chicken SoupĪs always, here is a quick overview of the ingredients used in our spicy chicken soup. This Cajun Chicken Soup only requires one pan and is on the table in only 30 minutes. If you are on a low carb or keto diet, it is low enough in carbs that you still have room for another keto or low carb side dish! You can eat this amazing comfort food completely guilt free. One of the best things about this soup is that despite being rich and creamy, it’s still low carb! You can enjoy a large bowl for only 8 net carbs. Everything comes together to make a perfectly melded soup- each bite tastes indulgent. My Cajun Chicken Soup features tender chicken, chopped onion, celery and bell pepper, garlic cloves, Old Bay seasoning, your favorite hot sauce, fiery tomatoes, heavy cream and cream cheese. Sauté dried herbs with the onion.This keto soup is so delicious- it’s the perfect amount of spice that’s balanced by rich cream and cream cheese. Also, cooking the chicken in the broth adds loads of extra flavour too!Ģ. I discard the skin and excess fat BUT the most important thing is the extra flavour this adds when you mix the golden brown bits stuck to the bottom of the pot into the soup. You will be amazed what a difference this makes compared to just plonking pre-cooked chicken into chicken broth/stock. Brown bone in-skin on chicken thigh fillets to create extra flavour base for the soup stock. So here are the things I do that I think makes this easy Chicken Noodle Soup extra tasty even though it’s a relatively speedy midweek version:ġ. ![]() I have a few secret tips up my sleeve for this! Flavour wise, it is a small compromise from my “ultimate” version given it takes less than half the time. Then there’s this one which I make using bone in chicken pieces, simmered until the meat is tender enough to shred to make a killer broth. My quickie version is the one I make the least which is made using pre-cooked shredded chicken and big flavour boosts for the soup broth. □ (Update: here it is, including a recipe video!) My “ultimate” version is made using a whole chicken to make a full blown homemade chicken stock base for the soup. I actually have 3 chicken vegetable noodle soups in my repertoire. But when it’s 40C/104F one day then 24C/75F the next, it sure feels like it! □ OK, maybe “winter-like” is a slight exaggeration. It might be in the middle of summer here in Sydney but the weather is swinging from heat waves to winter-like from day to day, so it was certainly no hardship to move from the barbecued Miso Marinated Side of Salmon I shared last Friday to this soup! I received an email from a reader asking me to share my chicken noodle soup. Filling, nourishing and can’t-stop-eating it delicious! Comfort food central! With my little tricks for extra flavour in the soup, you can make an easy Chicken Noodle Soup midweek that tastes like you made it with a full blown homemade chicken broth / stock from scratch using a whole chicken. ![]()
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