Thursday, April 14, 2011

{soups-salads-and-salad-dressings} Lemon-Chicken Velvet Soup Recipe

 


    

Lemon-Chicken Velvet Soup Recipe

 

 

 

The lively flavor of lemon perks up this rich, brothy soup accented with sugar snap peas. "I enjoy this soup with a green salad, sourdough bread and a glass of white wine," writes Celeste Buckley from Redding, California.

 

This recipe is:

 

Quick

 

 

 

 

    * 2 Servings

    * Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

 

 

Ingredients

 

·         2  Tbsp. butter

·         2  Tbsp. all-purpose flour

·         1 can (14 ½ oz.) chicken broth

·         3 Tbsp. lemon Juice

·         1 ½ cups cubed cooked chicken breast

·         10 fresh or frozen sugar snap peas

·         2 Tbsp. minced fresh parsley

·         1 tsp grated lemon peel

·         3 Tbsp. heavy whipping cream

 

 

Directions

 

    * In a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually add broth and lemon juice. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened.

    * Stir in the chicken, peas, parsley and lemon peel; cook 2-3 minutes longer or until chicken is heated through and peas are crisp-tender. Stir in cream; heat through (do not boil). Yield: 2 servings.

 

 

Nutrition Facts: 1-1/4 cups (prepared with reduced-fat butter and reduced-sodium broth) equals 352 calories, 18 g fat (10 g saturated fat), 131 mg cholesterol, 730 mg sodium, 13 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 37 g protein.

 

 

 

Lemon-Chicken Velvet Soup published in Cooking for 2 Spring 2008, p54








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