Description
An easy one-pot soup recipe with the most delicious Italian-style creamy sun-dried tomato broth that will have you licking your bowl!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1” pieces
- 5 cups chicken broth
- 14½ ounces canned diced tomatoes with garlic and onion
- 10 ounces cream of mushroom soup
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- ½ cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
- 1½ tablespoons Italian seasoning
- 1 bay leaf
- 8 ounces low fat or regular cream cheese, very soft
- ½ cup parmesan cheese
- 1 teaspoon sugar or sugar substitute (optional)
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Step: Preheat olive oil in a soup pot over medium high heat. Saute onion until tender, about 8 minutes. Add garlic and saute for 1 minute.
- Step: Add chicken, broth, diced tomatoes, cream of mushroom soup, tomato paste, sun-dried tomatoes, Italian seasoning, and sugar. Stir to combine.
- Step: Bring to a simmer, turn heat to low, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Step: Remove bay leaf. Whisk cream cheese with a couple of ladles of soup broth until creamy. Stir into soup, warm if needed. Salt and pepper to taste. Top with parmesan cheese.
Notes
Ensure cream cheese is very soft or slightly warm before whisking with hot broth to ensure a smooth, velvety consistency without lumps.
- Prep Time: 8 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Soup
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 282 kcal
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 977 mg
- Fat: 13 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 29 g
- Cholesterol: 130 mg
Keywords: creamy chicken soup, sun-dried tomato soup, Italian soup, high protein soup, one-pot meal