Chicken Tortellini Soup
The ultimate comfort food, Chicken Tortellini Soup is a creamy, savory delight that warms you from the inside out. Packed with tender chicken and flavorful tortellini, it’s perfect for an easy weeknight dinner. Ready in just a few minutes, this dish is bound to become a family favorite.
Equipment
- Frying Pan
- Large Pot
Ingredients
- 4 cups chicken stock from a cube, carton or concentrate is fine
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 rotisserie chicken or 2 raw chicken breasts - See additional notes
- 1 bag tortellini approx 375g/13oz - the packets that suggest they serve 2
- 1 small bag spinach (90g/3oz)
- 1 lemon
- 1 parmesan
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Pour the chicken stock into a large pan, lightly squash the garlic cloves with the back of a knife (but keep it whole), add this to the stock and bring to the boil.
- Meanwhile strip the meat from the breasts of the rotisserie chicken (Wrap the rest in clingfilm - see note 1 )
- Once the stock is boiling, add the tortellini and cook for 1 minutes less than the packet suggests.
- After this time add the chicken and cook for a further minute.
- Divide the spinach between bowls and spritz each bowl with some lemon juice.
- Remove the whole garlic cloves from the broth and then spoon it over the spinach.
- Garnish, generously with parmesan.
Notes
- Tip 1: If you want to cook the chicken yourself, bring the stock to the boil then lower in the chicken breasts and turn down to a low simmer. Poach gently for 10 minutes.
- Tip 2: Additional toppings: Add in some chopped red chillies.
- Tip 3: Mushrooms would be good in the bowl with the spinach.
- Tip 4: To bulk out the meal you could add a tin of drained cannelloni beans.
- Tip 5: Prawns work fabulously instead of chicken. Add them in with the pasta.
- Tip 6: Or make this vegetarian, remove the chicken and add in some chopped capsicum and frozen sweetcorn. (use veg stock)