Chicken Florentine Soup Food

CHICKEN FLORENTINE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, carrots, celery, and garlic; cook and stir until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in baby spinach.
• Pour chicken broth, diced tomatoes, and lemon juice into the pot. Stir in pepper, oregano, and basil. Bring to a boil; stir in chicken and rice. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until flavors combine, about 30 minutes.

CREAMY CHICKEN FLORENTINE SOUP

Steps:

• In a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, salt and pepper; cook, stirring occassionally until the onion is softened, about 7 minutes.
• Add chicken, and spinach; stir for 1 minute. Add cream cheese and stir until melted. Add broth, bring to a simmer, and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 5 minutes. Serve warm.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE SOUP

Steps:

• Bring first 5 ingredients to boil in medium saucepan, stirring occasionally. Simmer on medium-low heat 5 min.
• Stir in chicken; cook 2 to 3 min or until heated through, stirring occasionally.
• Serve topped with cheeses.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE SOUP

Steps:

• In a heavy bottomed, 3 quart saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Add onions and cook until onions are tender, 7 to 10 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute more.
• Stir in flour, cayenne pepper, salt and black pepper. Cook 1 to 2 minutes.
• Slowly whisk chicken stock into butter/flour mixture. Bring to a boil and cook several minutes until thickened. Add chicken.
• Remove from heat and stir in spinach and heavy cream. Serve immediately.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE STYLE

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Dredge the chicken in the flour to coat lightly. Shake off any excess flour. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken and cook until brown, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer the chicken to a plate and tent with foil to keep it warm.
• Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in the same skillet over medium heat. Add the shallots and garlic and saute until the shallots are translucent, stirring to scrape up any browned bits on the bottom of the skillet, about 1 minute. Add the wine. Increase the heat to medium-high and boil until the liquid is reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Add the cream and boil until the sauce reduces by half, stirring often, about 3 minutes. Stir in the parsley. Season the sauce, to taste, with salt and pepper. Add the chicken and any accumulated juices to the sauce, and turn the chicken to coat in the sauce.
• Meanwhile, melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter in another large skillet over medium heat. Add the spinach and saute until heated through. Season the spinach, to taste, with salt and pepper. Arrange the spinach over a platter. Place the chicken atop the spinach. Pour the sauce over and serve.

CHICKEN TORTELLINI FLORENTINE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stockpot cook the tortellini according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
• In the same pan combine the broth and Alfredo sauce. You can use store bought broth and Alfredo sauce or homemade. Either way it will turn out great. Stir in the chicken and tomato strips. Heat to boiling and then reduce the heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
• Add the cooked tortellini and spinach. Let it simmer for about 5 minutes to heat through and wilt the spinach.Even after making this I felt that it needed just a little more liquid. So as not to lose the creamy texture I added heavy cream until I got the consistency I was looking for. Milk or broth would also work.
• Sprinkle each serving with Parmesan cheese and serve with warm garlic bread.

CHICKEN AND POTATO FLORENTINE SOUP (OLIVE GARDEN)

Steps:

• Simmer first 6 ingredients until chicken breasts are tender; remove meat and let cool; drain the solids from the broth and put clear liquid back into the soup pot; chop up chicken into bite size chunks and put back into the broth.
• Add next 10 ingredients to the soup pot and simmer for 45-60 minutes. The potatoes should be fork tender but not mushy.
• Add the fresh spinach and stir; let it wilt into the soup for about 5 minutes.
• Add the cream cheese and the grated mozzarella to the soup pot. Stir frequently until the cheese melts. Be careful that it does not stick to the bottom.
• Ladle into bowls; serve with crusty bread.

FLORENTINE CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, saute the chicken, spinach, red peppers, rosemary, garlic powder and pepper in butter until spinach is wilted. Stir in the broth, Alfredo sauce and pesto; cook for 4-5 minutes or until heated through., Drain pasta and add to the soup. Sprinkle with pine nuts and cheese.