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Chicken Orzo Soup

Chicken orzo soup a simple soup with great flavor made with cooked chicken, orzo, carrots, mushrooms, and spinach total comfort food.
5 from 2 votes
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Course: Soup
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Chicken Orzo Soup, Chicken Soup
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 245kcal
Author: Dawn

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • 1 cup carrots sliced
  • 1 stalk celery chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups mushrooms sliced
  • 1 cup spinach chopped
  • 3 cups cooked chicken
  • 1 cups uncooked orzo
  • 2 cubes chicken bouillon optional
  • 2 Bay leaf
  • 8 cups chicken broth
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven. Add the onions, carrots, celery, and mushrooms and cook over medium heat until the vegetable starts to get tender.
  • Once the vegetables are tender add the spinach, chicken, uncooked orzo, bouillon, and bay leaf.
  • Bring the soup to a boil over medium heat. Once it starts to boil turn the heat down to medium-low and cook until the orzo is cooked through about 10 15 minutes.
  • Add the salt and pepper to taste.

Notes

  1. You can substitute cooked chicken with rotisserie chicken. 
  2. I like to add chicken bouillon cubes to enhance the flavor of the soup, if you use the bouillon, taste the soup before salting because the bouillon will add salt to the soup. 
  3. Remember to remove the bay leaf before serving the soup.
  4. Store the soup in an airtight container for 3 to 5 days. 
  5. I would not recommend freezing this soup. The pasta will not freeze well. 
 
 
Nutrition information is an estimate and may vary with the brands of ingredients used.

Nutrition

Calories: 245kcal | Carbohydrates: 20.4g | Protein: 23.6g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1.4g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 812mg | Potassium: 438mg | Fiber: 1.8g | Sugar: 3.5g | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 2mg