Chicken and Cannellini Bean Soup
This a very savoury and meaty soup with tomato and cannellini beans. Serve with grated Parmesan cheese.
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 230g boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
- 1 onion, finely diced
- 5 1/2 cups (1.4 litres) chicken stock
- 1 (400g) tin whole peeled tomatoes
- 1 (400g) tin cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 carrots, sliced
- 1 large potato, diced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 cup green beans, sliced
- 1/4 cup pesto
- parmesan cheese to taste
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:30min ›
Ready in:45min
- Place the olive oil in a large saucepan and heat over medium-high heat until hot. Add chicken; cook and stir about five minutes or until chicken is browned. Add onion; cook and stir two minutes.
- Add chicken stock, undrained tomatoes, cannellini beans, carrots, potato, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, stirring to break up tomatoes. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add green beans and cook for five minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- Ladle soup into bowls, top each with one teaspoon pesto and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
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Reviews in English (11)
This is an excellent soup. I think the pesto adds a wonderful savory dimension so unless you dislike pesto, be sure to add a dollop to the top before you serve and then stir it in. I made only some minor additions to the recipe, and that was about a 1/4 tsp. of dried thyme and a Tbsp. of good quality margarine(watching calories). The latter contributed richness to the soup without alot of added fat. I'm going to try this again and make it with roasted chicken, although it's very good as is. Husband liked it too. - 27 Oct 2002 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
This soup was greatly enjoyed by my 82-year old father-in-law. I used canned green beans and omitted the pesto. - 14 Apr 2000 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Great soup--quick, easy, and husband and 2 young sons love it. We're not crazy about pesto, so leave it out along with the green beans and sometimes substitute pasta (bowties, alphabet) for the potatoe. Wonderful served with garlic cheese bread! - 04 Dec 2003 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)