BBQ Chicken Soup

Sometimes, great things come out of those "whoops" moments.  Chocolate Chip Cookies, Ice Cream Cones, and Potato Chips were all "whoops" moments.  Now, I am not claiming my "whoops" as life changing as those, but it did work well for us!  I mis-read the amounts for parts of this soup, but thankfully, I was able to fix it...except that it basically doubled everything except the chicken and corn.  But guess what...we LOVED it!  And by "we" I mean, the hubby AND the kiddos.  It was a perfect broth to chunk ratio for us and the next day, we ladled the leftovers over a bowl of hot rice (not pictured above) and that was fabulous too!!  I also served this with some Monterey Ranch Bread, recipe coming later this week.  This was a great and welcome change to soup time, not to mention it is insanely fast and easy, easy, easy.

BBQ Chicken Soup

• 2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 2 TBSP fresh minced garlic
• 1can (11 ounces) corn with peppers, drained.  Also called MexiCorn.
• 2  cans (12 ounces each) White Chunk Chicken, drained.  Don't let this scare you!  I used Trader Joe's, but Swanson and Costco have a version that is great too.  You of course can always use diced or shredded chicken breast as well
• 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 cup your favorite BBQ Sauce.  I used Bullseye Original.
• 1 tsp Kosher salt
• 1/2 tsp fresh cracked black pepper
• 1/2 tsp seasoned salt, i.e., Johnnie's or Lawry's
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
• Optional:  steamed White Rice to ladle soup over

Heat oil into a medium pot over medium heat. When hot, saute onions for 5 minutes or until softened. Stir in garlic, corn and chicken breast; mix to combine. Pour in chicken broth, BBQ sauce, salt, pepper, and seasoned salt. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes, add cilantro leaves and simmer an additional 5 minutes or until ready to serve.  ENJOY!


Recipe adapted from:  Picky Palate

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