Asian Chicken and Chili Soup
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Everyday Food, January/February 2006
- Prep Time 25 minutes
- Total Time 25 minutes
- Yield Serves 4
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Ingredients
- 6 cups chicken broth
- 2 red bell peppers, (ribs and seeds removed), thinly sliced lengthwise and cut crosswise into 2-inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 to 3 teaspoons Asian hot chili sauce
- 3 cups (12 ounces) diced poached chicken
- 1 bunch (6 ounces) watercress, large stems trimmed
- 2 scallions, thinly sliced lengthwise and cut crosswise into 2-inch pieces
Directions
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In a 3-quart saucepan, bring broth, bell peppers, soy sauce, and chili sauce to a simmer; cook until peppers are crisp-tender, about 6 minutes.
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Add chicken and watercress; cook 1 minute. Ladle into bowls, and top with scallions.
You can use low sodium chichen broth( the Wal-mart broth has less sodium then the other brands check labels).also low sodium or light soy works well too.
majoan
Couldn't you choose to use low sodium chicken broth and soy sauce to help with the sodium content?
It's not likely MS will give nutritonal info b/c it would expose how unhealthy most of this food is. You have to do your own figuring, or get the calculator mtbikn212 mentioned. I would eliminate soy sauce immediately and try a tsp of sesame oil instead. It's a different taste but think of your blood pressure! There are lots substitutes to keep it healthy, you may alter the taste a little but it can be just as satisfying.
Thank you mtbikn212 for sharing the nutrional information for this recipe. The sodium content of Martha's recipe is very high. I agree it is very important to have the nutrional information. I do hope that if enough of us ask for that information we will finally see it posted.
I agree, it's time to add the nutritional information for all recipes. I threw the ingredients into a nutrition calculator and got:Calories 104.9
Total Fat 2.8 g
Saturated Fat 0.8 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.6 g
Monounsaturated Fat 1.2 g
Cholesterol 9.4 mg
Sodium 1,797.8 mg
Potassium 538.8 mg
Total Carbohydrate 5.1 g
Dietary Fiber 0.6 g
Sugars 2.0 g
Protein 14.4 g
I rarely make a recipe that I can't see the nutritional info. first
I agree with busywife. I love to eat good food so I need to watch every calorie, carb, etc.
Nutritional facts? Well, it looks healthy to me! :) But I will say that that there are enough people that ask, that maybe Martha should start posting them on at least some of the recipies. ???
DOES ANYONE KNOW THE NUTRITIONAL FACTS ON THIS RECIPE?
This soup is deceptively simple. It goes together and cooks in minutes and has much more complex flavor than it let's on. One of my favorite soup recipes!
This recipe is simple but tastes great! I make a portion of this vegetarian with tofu and veggie broth with equally tasty results!