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Spring green, chicken & butterbean soup

Healthy, delicious and filling, this soup is a meal in itself. Serve with warm crusty bread.

Healthy, delicious and filling, this soup is a meal in itself. Serve with warm crusty bread.

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Cooking Time

Cook: 1 Hour

Cooking Time

Serves: 4

Cooking Time

Price: £1.82 per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 572g serving contains

Energy
1544kj
369kcal
18%
Fat
10.4g
Med
15%
Saturates
3.2g
Med
16%
Sugars
4.7g
Low
5%
Salt
0.6g
Med
10%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
270kj/65kcal

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil

15g butter

2 leeks, trimmed and sliced

1 red chilli, de-seeded and finely chopped

2 chicken breast fillets, cut into bite-sized pieces

600ml chicken stock made with 1 stock cube

2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

300g new potatoes, quartered or halved

250g spring greens, stems removed then shredded

400g can butterbeans, drained and rinsed

2-3 tbsp parsley, chopped

1 level tbsp cornflour, mixed with 3 tbsp cold water

Method

1
Heat the oil and butter in a pan and cook the leeks over a low heat for 10 minutes, stirring. Add the chilli and cook for another minute. Add the chicken, stock and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
2
Add the potatoes, bring back to the boil, then cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
3
Add the beans and greens, bring back to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in the herbs and flour mixture and simmer for 2 minutes.