This past week I was faced with a dilemma. What to do with no time, no money, lots of apples and a few random leftover CSA ingredients? Buy a can of chicken and use the crockpot!
I made this soup out of pure necessity. I didn’t want my green beans, apples, or onion to go bad, but I didn’t have any time to cook. I also needed to eat (I hear that’s good for your health). So I experimented with combining them all and adding chicken, quinoa and some spices that I normally wouldn’t combine together. I wasn’t going to post it on the blog because I didn’t think it was note worthy. But as soon as I tasted it, I pulled out the camera to take a picture. It was too good not to share…
Green Apple Chicken Soup
Ingredients:
2 medium green apples
2 cups water
1 can chicken breast w/’juice’
1/2 large onion (approx 1/3 cup)
1 cup chopped green beans
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp onion powder
1 cup red quinoa
salt to taste
Instructions:
Peel and core the apples. Chop them into 1/2″ cubes or smaller. Add them to the crockpot with the 2 cups water. Turn it on high.
Chop the onion and green beans, adding them and the can of chicken to the crockpot. Mix in the ginger, cinnamon, and onion powder.
Leave covered on high for 6 hours.
At the end of the 6 hours, soak your red quinoa and rinse well (to remove the bitter outer layer). Add the soaked quinoa to the crockpot and continue it (now uncovered) on low for 2 hours.
It was perfect because the apples baked softly away into the water, forming a soupy texture. The onion and green beans also softened up perfectly. The chicken turned a lovely reddish brown color because the seasonings cooked into it. I gobbled this soup up! I had it for lunch a few days last week, and I even had it one day when there wasn’t a microwave. The verdict: just as tasty cold!
This recipe is linked to Pennywise Platter, Friday Favorites, Fight Back Friday, Foodie Friday, Friday Feasts, the Grocery Cart Challenge Recipe Swap, Wholesome Whole Foods, Food On Fridays, and Whole Foods for the Holidays: Soups.
What a tasty & fruity chicken soup!! a truly spedcial & good for you soup this is!
When you are neady & this is how the good recipes are invented! yes!
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Aubree, you are so creative! Bravo girlie! Your soup looks tasty. I will have to give it a go this week :).
As always Aubree, thanks for sharing!
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Is it dinner or is it dessert :)
I’m definitely a fan of the apple-involved dinners! I’d love to try this out soon! Have you ever had mulligatawny soup? This is what I was imagining when you described the results of your recipe. So good!
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You so often amaze me, Aubree! As far as this combination … why not? Apples are used with ham and pork often, why not chicken in a stew? It does look yummy, too. :-)
Shirley
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I love when I see a recipe that uses standard ingredients in a new way. I put apple in winter squash soups, so I imagine this would add a wonderful hint of sweetness. Plus, I love chicken soup recipes with cinnamon in them!
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sometimes the best recipes are those where we are forced to use what is on hand!
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Your soup sounds really wonderful – I love the idea of the apples kind of melting into it – yummy!
I love how you created a naturally, gluten-free meal out of bits and pieces. Sometimes the impromptu recipes are the most delicious!
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Hmm…I’ve never seen this before. But I do love chicken, and green apples are my favorite fruit, so why not behind them? Looks great! Thanks for linking up for Friday Favorites!
I love that you mixed apples with chicken – so different!
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