EASY Chicken Farro Soup
A delicious and hearty soup made with chicken breast and farro. This soup is filling, high in protein, and a great way to feed the whole famuly.
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 188kcal
Cost: $20
Equipment
- 1 large stock pot or dutch oven
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts
- 2 large carrots, chopped
- 3 celery stalks, chopped
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 tablespoon tomato paste
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 roma tomatoes, chopped
- 1 calabrian pepper (sub jalapeno pepper if you want)
- 2.5 qts chicken broth (or bone broth)
- 1 cup farro
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley
- 1 tbsp turmeric
- 2 tablespoon paprika
- 2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon cardamom
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- black pepper
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ lemon, juiced
Instructions
- Season chicken breast on both sides with salt and pepper. Heat a large dutch oven to medium-high heat. Sear the chicken breast on both sides for 3 minutes or until golden brown. Remove and set aside.
- Lower the heat to medium. Add the olive oil. Stir in the carrots, onion, and celery. Saute until softening about 8 minutes. Combine the oregano, paprika, turmeric, cardamom, and 1 teaspoon salt. Stir in half of the seasoning. Add the garlic and tomato paste and saute for 3 minutes. Then stir in the roma tomatoes and saute for 3-5minutes.
- Pour in the chicken broth and bring to a boil. Then add your chicken back to the soup, along with the cup of farro, the rest of the seasoning, the bay leaves, and a parmigiana rind if you have. Simmer for 20 minutes or until the chicken reaches 165℉. Remove the chicken and use two forks to shred it. Continue simmering the soup for 15 more minutes. Return the shredded chicken to the soup. Taste the soup and adjust salt to taste.
- Remove the bay leaves and squeeze the ½ lemon into the soup. Serve.
Notes
- Don't taste the soup for at least 10 minutes after adding the chicken back in. Remember the chicken was still raw.
- Farro is higher in protein than rice. Bone broth is higher in protein than regular chicken broth. I like to use farro and chicken bone broth because it's slightly higher in calories and has more nutrients. You can substitute rice or regular chicken broth though.
Nutrition
Calories: 188kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 1444mg | Potassium: 485mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 3030IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 45mg | Iron: 2mg
