Description
Nothing beats chicken soup with potatoes when you’re craving comfort in a bowl, and this simple version comes together with just your favorite chicken pieces, tender potatoes, and broth simmered until everything is warm and satisfying. Your family gets a filling, homemade meal that tastes like someone truly cared about feeding them well.
Ingredients
Scale
Base and Seasonings:
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1 bay leaf
Proteins and Vegetables:
- 1 pound chicken breast, cubed
- 4 medium potatoes, diced
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 carrots, sliced
- 2 celery stalks, sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
Cooking Fat:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Pour 2 tbsp of olive oil into your large pot and let it warm over medium heat for about 2 minutes until shimmering.
- Add your chopped onion, 2 minced garlic cloves, 3 sliced carrots, and 2 sliced celery stalks to the pot, stirring occasionally for 5-7 minutes until the vegetables soften and become fragrant.
- Place 1 lb of cubed chicken breast into the pot with your vegetables and cook for 6-8 minutes at medium heat, stirring frequently, until the chicken turns golden brown on all sides.
- Pour in 4 cups of chicken broth and add your 4 diced medium potatoes along with 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper, 1 tsp thyme, and 1 bay leaf, stirring to combine everything.
- Increase your heat to medium-high and bring the mixture to a rolling boil, which takes about 5-8 minutes.
- Once boiling, reduce your heat to medium-low and let the soup simmer gently for 30 minutes until your potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork.
- Fish out the bay leaf from your pot before ladling the soup into bowls.
Notes
- Cut your vegetables into similar-sized pieces so they cook evenly and finish at the same time as the chicken.
- Brown the chicken properly before adding the broth, as this step builds flavor that makes your whole soup taste richer.
- If your potatoes are large, cut them smaller than the other vegetables since they take longer to soften than carrots or celery.
- Taste your soup near the end of cooking and adjust the salt and pepper to your preference, since flavors concentrate as the broth simmers down.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Simmered Chicken
- Method: Sautéing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 280 kcal
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 900 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 25 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg