Chicken Lima Bean Soup

Name: Chicken Lima Bean Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 12-14 servings (3-1/2 quarts).
Cuisine: Comfort Food Recipes, Comfort Food Soup Recipes
Ingredients: 1 pound dried large lima beans; 1 broiler/fryer chicken (3 to 3-1/2 pounds); 3 quarts water; 2 celery ribs with leaves, sliced; 4 chicken bouillon cubes; 2-1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; 3 medium carrots, chopped; 4 cups chopped fresh spinach; 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley

When I was little, my father could be found in the kitchen during his free time. This soup is one of his most memorable dishes...and one of my most treasured recipes.

Ingredients

1 pound dried large lima beans
1 broiler/fryer chicken (3 to 3-1/2 pounds)
3 quarts water
2 celery ribs with leaves, sliced
4 chicken bouillon cubes
2-1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
3 medium carrots, chopped
4 cups chopped fresh spinach
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley

Directions

In a Dutch oven, combine the beans, chicken, water, celery, bouillon, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 2 hours or until beans are tender.
Remove chicken. When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones; discard bones. Cut meat into bite-size pieces; return to pan. Add carrots; simmer for 30 minutes or until tender. Stir in spinach and parsley; heat through.

Nutrition Facts

1 cup: 227 calories, 7g fat (2g saturated fat), 38mg cholesterol, 793mg sodium, 23g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 7g fiber), 19g protein.

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Rheann

Mar 21, 2020

Please know my adjustments were due to lack of plain salt (I used seasoned salt, all I had but grateful I did!) due to the grocery stores being empty (pandemic hoarding :( as well as a love for bay leaves (just 1 small one) and onions (1/2 onion, diced) in my soup....I also adjusted this so I could cook it in my 8 qt instant pot (High Pressure 35 mins, NR for 10). I put the chicken on a rack so I could pull it out easy to pick it at the end of cooking, Poured in all the rest of the ingredients around it.threw in the spinach while I picked the meat off the bones. This was delicious soup!
nutriyum

Jan 21, 2012

I thought this recipe may have been too plain to be really tasty. OMG, this soup is delicious and I am so glad I was willing to try it...exceeded my expectations.
twofurgs

Feb 12, 2011

delicious
jackie0702

Sep 7, 2010

Super, super soup! I have never had anything like this before and thought we'd give it a try. It was excellent!