Skinny Chicken Pot Pie Soup
I can’t remember the last time I had pot pie with its warm buttery crust and flaky pastry edges. Chicken pot pie with its warm creamy filling packed full of bites of meat and my favorite vegetables.
As we know, chicken pot pie isn’t the healthiest of recipes. It’s also relatively high in carbs from the white flour used to make the crust. Not such a great option for me.
I became a woman on a mission.
First, I needed something low on the calorie meter. I really need to get my calories in check. I also need to make sure its lower on the glycemic index scale so it won’t battle my PCOS any more than it has to. Lastly, I really needed something that my husband and the kiddo were going to enjoy. I was hoping that with the wonderful success of my potato leek (I made leek soup for myself) soup that this particular soup would also be a home run in the kitchen and something we could enjoy again and again.
I looked at a few different recipes and found an issue with each of them. I kept wondering if there was going to be something that did not have a ton of flour or overly complicated. Then I remembered a Weight Watcher recipe website, Skinny Taste. It was there I found the bones to this recipe.
First, I had to make a simple cold rue known as a slurry. I used wheat flour for the lower glycemic value.
Then, in another bowl I added frozen peas and some carrots the husband willingly chopped so pretty for me. As I look at this photo, I have a little laugh because I was just having a conversation the other day with Heather at Kiss My Broccoli Blog about how peas and carrots mixed together weird me out. And yes, I do have food touching disorder.
I boiled the potatoes separate and I used 2 small ones for my large pot of soup. By cooking them separately I allowed the starch to remain elsewhere instead of accumulating in the dutch oven. Per serving, there are very little potatoes. Good for me. Less is more. Less is better. And the soup doesn’t get all starchy. Win.
We then started to add the ingredients to my dutch oven.
Bring it to a boil and add the vegetables and slurry.
Oh, yeah. It’s so YUM tastic I almost forgot it was healthy.
The family weighed in. Considering the pot barely lasted the weekend, my guess is I get all thumbs-up.
Next time I am making a double batch to freeze for later.
Are you a chicken pot pie lover? I encourage you to try out this recipe, whether you are on a healthy eating journey or not. I promise, you won’t be disappointed.
Skinny Chicken Pot Pie Soup
Ingredients
- 4 large chicken breast cook and dice
- 1/4 c whole grain wheat flour
- 5 oz frozen peas
- 5 baby carrots diced
- 1 cup frozen cut green beans
- 2 stalks celery diced
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 small potatoes peeled and cubed
- 4 1/2 cup water
- 1 1/2 cup chicken stock
- 1 pinch of thyme
- 4 cups unsweetened almond milk
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- In skillet, cook your chicken breasts.
- In a small pan, add some water and your diced potatoes.
- Bring the pan to a boil and continue cooking until potatoes are tender.
- Set aside.
- While the chicken is cooking,in a small bowl mix 1/4 c whole grain wheat flour with 1/2 cup water.
- Whisk well and set aside.
- Chop carrots, celery, onion add to a bowl.
- In the same bowl add the peas and green beans.
- In a dutch oven, bring 1 1/2 cups chicken stock, 4 cups water and 4 cups unsweetened almond milk to a boil.
- Add the bowl of vegetables.
- Continue to bring to a boil and add the thyme, salt, and pepper to taste.
- Reduce heat. Cover.
- Cook for 20 minutes or until the vegetables are soft.
- Remove lid.
- Dice the chicken and add to the dutch oven.
- Drain the potatoes and add to the dutch oven.
- Whisk in the slurry.
- Cook an additional 5 minutes. Sauce will thicken gradually.
Are you a meal pie fan? What’s your favorite? Have you ever made the soup version?
Great job adapting a high cal recipe to your new eating life style.
Thanks!I was so happy this turned out to be something we all enjoyed!
This really sounds good! We enjoy all of those ingredients and it is time for such warm and yummy soup! Pinning to my Soups and Stews Board. So glad you shared with us at the Home Matters Linky party. Please be sure to come again!
We are big pot pie fans here. Your recipe looks great! Thanks for linking it up with us at Foodie Fridays!
Oh my this looks so good. I also like that it is healthy. i am so making this next weekend.
Oh my this looks so good. I also like that it is healthy. i am so making this next weekend.
Let me know how it works out for you!
I love that something this yummy can also be healthy! It looks delicious!
That looks scrummy! And I love that it can be frozen too: I love doing that in the winter. Soups and pies always on hand in the freezer!
Thank you x
This is perfect for this time of year. I love soups and this looks great!
I found this recipe a few months ago and I am in LOVE! It is so good, I need to make it again, maybe tomorrow! So good!
I agree!
I love that it’s “skinny!” I like to find new recipes that can keep the same flavor as my favorites with less calories.
I have been working on that more and more. For the last 2 weeks I have been trying to make a healthy chicken leg. I haven’t eaten the leg in years. But, I finally created a recipe that even I had seconds!
This recipe is just in time, with the fall weather that rolled in this weekend! It looks really satisfying.
This looks so good. I love pot pies and used to eat Marie Callendars all the time until I read the label and realized how much fat and calories it has. Now I can enjoy one of my favorite dishes guilt free.
But they are so good, right? I know what you mean, I have had my fair share of them. My mom made her own growing up, but I was lazy about my cooking for the longest time. For the most part, I still am. Until it’s family dinner. Then, I try to teach kiddo the good things to cook.
I know this is something that my Mom would just love and it will be easy enough for me to make for her. My husband loves Chicken Pot Pie but he of course needs to have the traditional style. He might just like this too.
I would tell him it’s just chicken soup LOL
Yum is right! I love chicken pot pie so I know I’d love the soup version.
I was a little worried when I first made it, but let me tell you – it’s amazing! I didn’t even miss the crust. Also, tip – sprinkle a little 2% cheddar on there. Ooohhhh.
I swear you were reading my mind when creating this, exactly what I have been looking for! Pinning now!
Thank you for the pin!
I love when a classic favorite gets a healthy makeover. This sounds like the perfect fall meal!
Soup is one of my favorite things to make when the weather starts getting cooler, and I’m always looking for ways to shave some calories off my family’s meals so I think this recipe would be perfect for us, adding it to the meal plan, thanks!
You are welcome. This one turned out to be family favorite and it was in heavy rotation last fall. It’s already been planned for this month.
If I can find a gluten free version of this, I am all over it! 🙂
Looks like a healthy and yummy one – I definitely would love to grab a bite!
Holy Moly I need to make this. The only sub I’d have to make is the wheat flour. The rest, I swear has been made for me. I’m pinning and will have to get to the store for a few things!