Creamy pasta and chicken alfredo make a warming soup chock full of healthy broccoli- all in 25 minutes.
Creamy Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo Soup #RSC
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
Ready, Set, Cook! We are challenging each other in one of my favorite cooking groups, to create recipes using a restricted ingredients list (and nothing that is not on the ingredients list) and then have a face-off of recipes among friends. Sound like fun? It is!
We’ve been playing since our mob was encapsulated inside the community at the old Recipezaar. After the forums there went *kaput* we found new digs elsewhere.
All right Sparky, here’s the deal!
Divided into three rounds. May submit up to one recipe per category.
Must use at least one thing from the mains list, and as many from the pantry list, but nothing else.
Round 1 – Categories:
Appetizers/Snacks
Beverages
Side Dishes
Soups/Stews/Chili
Round 1 – Main Ingredients List:
Fresh – Citrus fruits/limes/oranges/grapefruit/tamarind
Coffee/tea
Vodka (flavored)
Cheese/ Gruyere, cream cheese, goat cheese, cheddar
Puff pastry
Chicken
Oxtail
Ground turkey
Green cabbage
Onions
Mushrooms
Broccoli
Round 1 – Pantry List:
Curry
Sesame seeds
Chicken/Beef Broth
Lemon
Parmesan cheese
Olive oil
Garlic
Elbow macaroni/bow-tie pasta
Worcestershire sauce
Croutons
Diced tomatoes
Orange bell pepper
Wild rice
Canned oysters/clams
Olives
Mustard
Jarred roasted red bell peppers
Nuts
Mayonnaise
Salsa
Chutney/preserves
Milk/creams
Sugar
Club soda
Tropical fruit juice
Tea bags/ lose leaf
Fresh herbs
Ground Spices/ cinnamon/cardamom/nutmeg/allspice/cloves/ginger/star anise
Fine salt
Black pepper
You know I will be doing all four categories. And so for my Soups/Stews/Chili, we have Creamy Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo Soup. Enjoy!
Let me know what you think in the comments! ~S
Creamy Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo Soup
Ingredients:
- 1 pound boneless chicken breast, diced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- salt and black pepper to taste
- 4 ounces fresh broccoli florets
- 6 ounces Barilla Pasta Pronto elbow macaroni, uncooked (don’t use a generic brand as it doesn’t cook the same)
- 1-1/2 cups chicken broth (room temperature)
- 2 cups milk
- 10 ounces cream cheese, cubed
- 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
Method:
- Brown chicken in oil with garlic, salt and black pepper.
- Stir in broccoli florets.
- Add uncooked pasta and cold chicken broth; increase heat to high, and cook, stirring frequently, for ten minutes.
- Reduce heat to low and stir in milk, cream cheese and Parmesan.
- Continue stirring until cheeses melt and blend in.
- Serve immediately; it will thicken more upon standing so if you do not serve it at once, you might need to add a little milk or water to adjust consistency.
From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com
All My Round One Recipes:
Wild Rice and Mushroom Cabbage Rolls
Creamy Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo Soup
This RSC soup is a real treat, Sue. I halved the recipe for 2 of us & “made it my own” in small ways. I used garlic mellowed by roasting (dbl the amt) & no salt but a fairly generous amt of lemon pepper we esp like w/broccoli & chicken. I was a bit unsure about the pasta since I’ve mostly found elbow macaroni here to be poor quality & a flimsy imitation of the real thing. So I opted to use fusilli instead & broke it into small pieces for better cooking efficiency. I served your soup w/garlic buttered baguette bread we could tear in chunks & dip in the soup. Like most good quality soups, this works well as a starter course or a soup/salad meal. It ticked all my boxes. Yum!