Best Chicken Quinoa Soup Recipes

CHICKEN AND QUINOA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion, celery, carrots and Cajun seasoning and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are slightly soft, about 4 minutes.
• Stir in the quinoa, then add the chicken broth, 3 cups water, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Partially cover and bring to a simmer, then reduce the heat to medium and cook until the quinoa starts to soften, about 12 minutes. Add the broccoli and cook, uncovered, until just tender, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken and stir to warm through. Season with salt and pepper.
• Ladle the soup into bowls. Top with the sour cream and Cajun seasoning to taste.

CROCKPOT QUINOA, CHICKEN, AND KALE SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken in a 6 or 7 quart crockpot; add onion, celery, and garlic.
• Add drained quinoa and pour in chicken broth.
• Cover and cook on HIGH 3-4 hours, or LOW 7-8 hours.
• Remove chicken and shred; return to soup.
• Add in beans, kale, seasonings, and lemon juice; taste and adjust seasonings to preference; cover and cook on high for 30 minutes more, until kale is tender.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH, CHICKEN, AND QUINOA SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Sprinkle chicken with salt and ground black pepper. Wrap in aluminum foil and place on a baking sheet.
• Place butternut squash pieces cut-side down in a 9x13-inch baking dish. Add about 1/2-inch water to the dish and cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake chicken and squash in the preheated oven until butternut squash is tender and chicken breasts are no longer pink in the center, about 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the chicken should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Scoop cooked squash flesh into a large pot. Pour in chicken broth and mash together until smooth using an immersion blender or potato masher.
• Cube cooked chicken and add to the pot. Stir in onion, garlic, canned tomatoes, quinoa, oregano, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Bring soup to a gentle boil; reduce heat and simmer until quinoa is tender and flavors are well-blended, about 1 hour.

CHICKEN, BUTTERNUT SQUASH, AND QUINOA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a stockpot over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic, oregano, thyme, and paprika and saute until onion begins to brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Pour in chicken broth, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil. Add chicken and boil until meat is no longer pink, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove chicken to cool.
• Stir squash, tomatoes, and quinoa into the pot. Reduce heat and let simmer until squash is tender, about 15 minutes. Shred chicken into bite-size pieces and return to the pot to heat through, 5 to 10 minutes. Season with additional salt and pepper if needed.

CHICKEN QUINOA SOUP

Steps:

• Bring 3 cups water and quinoa to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until quinoa is tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add chicken; season with salt and pepper. Cook and stir until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 5 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate.
• Heat remaining 1 teaspoon olive oil in the Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, carrots, celery, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, and garlic; cook and stir until soft, about 10 minutes.
• Pour chicken broth into the Dutch oven. Add spinach leaves, marjoram, oregano, basil, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until flavors combine, about 10 minutes. Stir in cooked quinoa. Return chicken to the Dutch oven; cook until heated through, about 2 minutes.
• Dissolve cornstarch in 1/4 cup cold water in a small bowl. Pour slowly into the Dutch oven; cook, stirring occasionally, until soup thickens, about 1 minute.

INSTANT POT® CHICKEN AND QUINOA SOUP

Steps:

• Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®), select Saute function, and add butter. Add onion and garlic to melted butter, stirring until onion begins to soften, 5 to 7 minutes. Add carrots, mushrooms, rice from package, and quinoa. Place frozen chicken on top and add chicken broth, seasoned salt, pepper flakes, parsley, and chili powder. Cancel Saute function.
• Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 8 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid.
• Remove chicken breasts to a plate and use two forks to shred meat. Return shredded chicken to the pot and season soup with salt and pepper.

CHICKEN AND DUMPLING SOUP WITH QUINOA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven or pot over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until the onions begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, vinegar and thyme and stir until most of the vinegar has evaporated, about 2 minutes. Add the carrots, celery, 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of black pepper and cook, stirring, until soft, about 6 minutes. Add the broth, 4 cups of water, chicken breasts and cannellini beans, bring to a high simmer and cook until the chicken is tender and cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Carefully remove the cooked chicken and set aside until cool enough to handle. Add the quinoa to the pot and cook until translucent and tender and the threadlike germ wraps around each kernel, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile, remove and discard the chicken skin and bones. Shred the meat into bite-size pieces and add back to the soup. Add the frozen beans.
• Make the dumplings . Stir together the flour, parsley, eggs, milk, baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium bowl. Put half the batter into a perforated colander; holding the colander just over the simmering soup, scrape and work the batter through the holes with a rubber spatula, letting the tiny dumplings drop into the soup. Cook until the dumplings float, stirring to break up any large clumps, about 1 minute. Repeat with the remaining batter. Adjust the consistency of the soup with more water if desired and season with salt if needed.

EASY CHICKEN QUINOA SOUP

Steps:

• In large pot, sauté vegetables in oil, 6-8 minutes.
• Stir in quinoa and broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 15-20 minutes or until quinoa is tender.
• Stir in chicken. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve sprinkled with parsley.

LEMON CHICKEN SOUP WITH QUINOA

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, cook the carrots, celery and onion in the olive oil for about 7 minutes. Add chicken broth, chicken, quinoa, lemon juice and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until quinoa is tender, 20 minutes.
• Add spinach and cook until tender.

INSTANT POT® CHICKEN QUINOA TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®). Add chicken stock, tomatoes, onions, and garlic to the pot. Place chicken breasts on top and sprinkle with chili powder, cumin, paprika, salt, and pepper. Add corn and cabbage on top; do not stir. Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 8 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove lid. Remove chicken from pot and place in a plate; shred with 2 forks. Put chicken back into the pot with cooked quinoa, lemon juice, and tortilla chips. Sprinkle with chopped cilantro.

LEMONY CHICKEN-QUINOA SOUP

Steps:

• Season chicken with salt and pepper. Place in a pot with broth, parsley and thyme sprigs, and 2 cups water. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer until chicken is just cooked through, about 20 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to a plate. Strain broth and return to pot along with onion, carrots, and celery. Simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Remove and discard chicken skin and bones. Shred meat into bite-size pieces; return to pot with quinoa and lemon slices. Simmer until quinoa is warmed through, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in lemon juice, season, and serve topped with parsley leaves and a drizzle of oil.

SLOW COOKER QUINOA, CHICKEN AND KALE SOUP RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• Add chicken to a 6 or 7 quart slow cooker, then add onions, celery and garlic, then drizzle with olive oil. Add quinoa (for a more firm textured quinoa add during last 30 minutes to 1 hour of cooking, per reviewers comments), thyme, rosemary and pour in chicken broth. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover and cook on HIGH 3 1/2 - 4 hours or LOW 7 - 8 hours. Remove chicken, let rest 10 minutes then cut into bite size pieces and return to soup. Meanwhile, add in beans, kale, parsley and lemon juice, then cover and continue to cook on HIGH heat another 10 - 20 minutes until kale has reached desired doneness. Serve warm topped with parmesan cheese.

CHICKEN, KALE & QUINOA SOUP

Steps:

• Cook bacon, crumble, and put aside Add onion, carrot, 1/4tsp salt to bacon grease, Saute for 5mins, stirring occasionally. Add garlic and saute for 2 mins. Remove from pan. Coat pan with cooking spray, add chicken, sprinkle with the rest of the salt, 1/4tsp of black pepper, Saute for 6mins or until brown. Stir in onion mix, stock, bay leaves, and rest of pepper. Bring to a boil. Clean quinoa well. Add to pan, cover and simmer for 15 mins. Add Kale and thyme and serve.

CHICKEN AND QUINOA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion, celery, carrots and Cajun seasoning and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are slightly soft, about 4 minutes. Stir in the quinoa, then add the chicken broth, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Partially cover and bring to a simmer, then reduce the heat to medium and cook until the quinoa starts to soften, about 12 minutes. Add the broccoli and cook, uncovered, until just tender, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken and stir to warm through. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle the soup into bowls. Top with the sour cream and Cajun seasoning to taste.