Chicken, Rice and Cabbage Soup

Name: Chicken, Rice and Cabbage Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 6 cups low-fat chicken broth; 2 medium onions, sliced; 1/2 cup basmati rice (regular long grain white rice will also work); 1/3 head cabbage, coarsely chopped; 2 slices lemons; 1/2 lb cooked chicken, chopped (may also use cooked turkey); 3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon white pepper; 1/8 cayenne pepper; 1 tablespoon cornstarch, mixed with; 1/4 cup chicken broth

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Submitted by mollypaul

"A tasty soup from a cookbook called "Lean and Lovin' It". Cut down on the white pepper and cayenne for a less spicy soup."

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 8

ingredients

6 cups low-fat chicken broth
2 medium onions, sliced
¹⁄₂ cup basmati rice (regular long grain white rice will also work)
¹⁄₃ head cabbage, coarsely chopped
2 slices lemons
¹⁄₂ lb cooked chicken, chopped (may also use cooked turkey)
3 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
1 teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon white pepper
¹⁄₈ cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon cornstarch, mixed with
¹⁄₄ cup chicken broth

directions

In a medium saucepan over high heat, bring chicken broth to a boil.
Add onions and rice.
Reduce heat to low.
Simmer, covered, for 12 minutes.
Meanwhile bring a large pot of water to a boil.
Add cabbage and boil for 2 minutes.
Drain.
Add cabbage and lemon slices to the broth/rice.
Simmer for 5 minutes.
Add chicken, parsley, salt, white pepper and cayenne.
Simmer until the chicken is heated.
Stir in the cornstarch mixture.
Return soup to a simmer.
Serve hot.

Questions & Replies

What does this line of the recipe mean “2 slices lemons” Is it two lemons sliced? Or just two lemon slices? Thank you

Michelle G.
What if I don't have any cooked chicken or turkey. Someone just gave me a 20lb. bag of chicken breasts and I need to find a way to use them fairly soon. Right now they are all frozen. They also gave me a lot of cabbage, eggplant, squash, corn and other vegetables. Any suggestion?

Charlie L.

Reviews

Delicious. I saute'd onion, one carrot, one large celery & 3 cloves of minced garlic in olive oil. Then added 8 cups of water and 2 chicken thighs because broth has sodium and we can't use it. I also added 1/4 cup of barley [instedad of rice] and 1/2 cup of yellow split peas because we need the fiber. Everything else we did as instructed and it was yummy! Thank you!

Dizzyfreedom
What a great soup and low-fat! I used turkey breast and that's about the only change I made. I'll be making this again and again, and without guilt if I feel like seconds!!

Kim127
This soup really hit the spot on this cold/windy day. I made it exactly as written. Wonderful flavor that is sure to please everyone. Thanks for sharing, Molly53, I look forward to making it again.

Merlot
Wonderful soup! I sauteed the onions and cabbage in olive oil and also the chicken.

55tbird
If you think cabbage only belongs in a beef soup, oh how wrong you are! Both the DH and I loved this -- a comparatively plebian soup elevated to sophistication by the judicious addition of lemon slices (I upped that a little), parsley (ditto), white pepper, and a pinch of cayenne. Definitely goes into the soup rotation!

lecole54

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Tweaks

Purchased a rotisserie chicken to use as my chicken addition....worked great!

amandasitems
Delicious! I used only 1 tsp of cornstarch and tofu instead of chicken and it was just fine.

myoungp
We enjoyed this very much. I modified the recipe slightly by using raw chicken that I cooked in a skillet first, and lemon juice instead of the lemons. It turned out wonderfully. Thanks for sharing a great recipe.

Euphegenia