Chicken Noodle Soup
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Sourdough Bread Filled with Spicy Chicken Soup
This excellent chicken soup recipe is extra special because it is served in a hollowed out sourdough bread bowl. If you are looking for something unique to serve as an appetizer or a chicken soup recipe which will wow your dinner guests, this is a great one to try. The bread simply needs to be hollowed out and baked and the soup is also easy to put together.
This chicken soup recipe contains corn, beans, bell pepper, onion and more for color, and it is spiced up and flavored with cilantro, garlic, lime juice, coriander and cumin. This soup has a strong Mexican influence, with regard to the flavor, and the bread bowl is edible once the soup has been eaten. Serve the bread bowls in soup bowls, in case they spring a leak!
You can serve pretty much any chicken noodle soup or other soup recipe in a bread bowl, just to make it more unusual. Perhaps you have enjoyed pumpkin soup served in a hollowed out pumpkin or some kind of delicious hot soup in a bread bowl before. If so, you will know that the dish looks appealing and it looks like you have put a lot of effort into making something spectacular. In fact, making bread bowls is really easy but your guests don't need to know that!
Chicken Soup Served in a Sourdough Loaf
Ingredients -
4 round sourdough loaves, 8 oz each
2 lbs chicken breasts
2 garlic cloves
3 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 chopped onion
1 quart chicken broth
½ cup fresh cilantro
Juice of 1 lime
15 oz can black beans, drained
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 ½ tablespoons ground coriander
4 cups frozen corn
Small can black beans, drained
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 chipotle in adobo sauce, chopped
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Salt and black pepper, to taste
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces.
Cut the top off the bread and scoop out the center.
Cut the garlic cloves in half and use them to rub inside of the bread bowls.
Bake the bread bowls on oven racks until crispy.
This should take about 20 minutes.
Add the vegetable oil to a soup pot, the saute the chicken, cumin, coriander, chipotle, salt and pepper over a moderate to high heat for 4 minutes or until the chicken is lightly browned.
Add the bell pepper, black beans, corn and onion and cook for a few minutes.
Sprinkle the flour over the soup and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes.
Turn the heat up and pour in the chicken broth. Simmer the chicken soup for 15 minutes, then add the cilantro and lime juice.
Check and adjust the seasoning.
Serve the soup in the hollowed out bread bowls.
(Serves 4)
Photo Description:
If you are looking for a chicken noodle soup or chicken soup which is suitable for serving in a bread bowl, this one is ideal. The chicken soup is colorful and packed with a variety of exciting flavors, making it the perfect filling for a hollowed out sourdough bread bowl. As you can see from the photo, this would make a very impressive appetizer recipe for a dinner party. The colorful soup contains corn, red bell pepper, black beans, cilantro, chicken and lots more. The flavor is amazing and everybody will love this easy yet very tasty chicken soup recipe.
Spicy Chicken Soup
Nutritional Info:
Calories (kcal): 926
% Calories from Fat: 16.6%
% Calories from Carbohydrates: 47.2%
% Calories from Protein: 36.2%
Per Serving Nutritional Information:
Total Fat (g): 18g 27%
Saturated Fat (g): 3g 17%
Monounsaturated Fat (g): 8g 34%
Polyunsaturated Fat (g): 4g 19%
Cholesterol (mg): 139mg 46%
Total Carbohydrate (g): 112g 37%
Dietary Fiber (g): 32g 126%
Protein (g): 86g 172%
Sodium (mg): 932mg 39%
Potassium (mg): 2365mg 68%
Calcium (mg): 251mg 25%
Iron (mg): 12mg 65%
Zinc (mg): 5mg 37%
Vitamin C (mg): 48mg 80%
Vitamin A (i.u.): 588IU 12%
Vitamin A (r.e.): 64RE 6%
Vitamin B6 (mg): 1.9mg 93%
Vitamin B12 (mcg): .8mcg 13%
Thiamin B1 (mg): 1.0mg 67%
Riboflavin B2 (mg): .6mg 38%
Folacin (mcg): 486mcg 121%
Niacin (mg): 31mg 157%
