Chicken Orzo Bean Soup

This Chicken Orzo Bean Soup is perfectly hearty and filling but healthy soup. Packed with protein, fiber, and healthy carbs, this is a perfect soup recipe for winter season!

Hello everyone – I hope you had a nice weekend, and you’re enjoying new week so far.

As I mentioned in my previous post, we had a super cold weekend. With the windchill, the temperate reached the lowest 42 degrees C below zero. Daisy wasn’t not too happy about that, spending most time by the fireplace. Who can judge her, right? Hearty and soul-warming soup is another option to deal with extreawm cold.

We didn’t have this Chicken Orzo Bean Soup, though, as I made and photographed in January. But it would have been really perfect, too.

Chicken Orzo Bean Soup

This soup is easy and relatively quick to make. Quick homemade broth, chicken pieces, vegetables, beans, and orzo – this soup is packed with protein and fiber along with healthy fats and carbs, so it will keep you feel full for a long time.

Certainly, you can use store-brought stock to accelerate the process. But I would recommend making it from scratch; it only adds about 45 minutes to the total cooking time.

You can easily customize it to your preferences. For instance, you can swap orzo for any other type of pasta or beans for other legumes such as chickpeas or lentils. You can also add some other ingredients such as root vegetables (sweet potatoes or parsnips), spinach or kale.

More Hearty Soup Recipes

Looking for more winter soup ideas? I have plenty!

Carrot Tahini Soup

Chunky Sweet Potato Soup

Carrot Cheddar Soup

Carrot Ginger Soup

Celeriac Pear Soup

Potato Fennel Bacon Soup

Chestnut Cheese Soup

Parsnip Chestnut Soup

I hope you like this Chicken Orzo Bean Soup, and you will give it a try shortly. If you make it, let me know in this post or send me an Instagram message or share your photos adding the hashtag #havocinthekitchen.

Cheers!

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Chicken Orzo Bean Soup

Recipe by Ben | Havocinthekitchen

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Course: Soups, Winter SoupDifficulty: Easy

Servings

6-8

servings

Prep time

10

minutes

Cooking time

1

hour 

25

minutes

This Chicken Orzo Bean Soup is perfectly hearty and filling but healthy soup. Packed with protein, fiber, and healthy carbs, this is a perfect soup recipe for winter season!

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Ingredients

• 2-3 chicken thigs with skins

• 1 large red onion, sliced

• 2-4 garlic cloves, minced

• 1 tbsp. olive oil

• 200 gr. carrots, thickly sliced (~2 and 1/2 cup)

• 1/2 to 2/3 tsp. salt, to taste

• 1 tsp. smoked paprika

• 1/4 tsp. chipotle powder

• 1-2 bay leaves

• 1 tbsp. fresh or 1/2 tbsp. dry herbs such as thyme, oregano, Italian seasonigs, etc.

• 1 can (19 oz. or 540 ml.) beans of your choice, drained and rinsed

• 1/2 to 2/3 cup orzo

Directions

• Fill a large pot with water (about 9 cups) and place chicken thighs in the pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, skimming the scum, until the meat falls from the bone, about 40-50 minutes. Remove chicken, discards the skins (You can add them to your dog’s dinner bowl), and shred the meat. Set aside the broth and chicken. You should get about 8 cups of broth.
• In a different pot heat the oil over low-medium heat and cook the onions and garlic, 5-7 minutes.
• Add the carrots and cook for about 5 minutes.
• Add all the broth along with the herbs and spices. Simmer, covered, skimming the scum, for about 10-12 minutes, or until the carrots are getting soft.
• Add in the drained and rinsed beans, shredded chicken, and orzo. Cook for about 7 minutes or until orzo is cooked. Try and adjust the seasoning, if necessary. If the soup is too thick to your liking, you can add a bit more water. Enjoy!

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