As promised, I am back with more soup to keep you warm and happy on these January nights. It comes from Eating for Life, the companion cookbook to Bill Phillips’ Body for Life, which was the first regimented program I ever tried to consciously eat healthier. For those who don’t really love cooking, I would definitely recommend it as the recipes in it are quite simple. This one is a favorite.
Ingredients
- 8 cups fat free reduced sodium chicken broth
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 lbs chicken breast
- 2 packages Knorr Roasted Chicken Gravy Mix
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 jalapenoes, seeded and chopped
- 1/2 Cup Cilantro, chopped
- 1 can (28 oz) white hominy, drained
I won’t tell you the instructions in the cookbook because that’s not what I do…I’ll give you my lazy instructions. Dump all but the last two ingredients into your slow cooker in the morning and put on low for 8 hours. If you forget, you can also do it at lunch and just cook it on high. No worries. Then an hour before you want to eat throw in the cilantro and the hominy so the flavor of the cilantro pops and the hominy is not soggy.
If you love hominy as much as I do, please put in two cans instead of one. If you aren’t a fan at all, like my sister, you can subsitute corn very easily. Also if you have a gluten intolerance or you just like a thinner, broth-type soup you can also leave out the gravy altogether. They suggest serving with warm flour tortillas, but I always prefer some yummy cornbread. Up to you.
Makes 8 1.5-cup servings.
NUTRITION: Calories: 167/Fat 3.5 g/Protein 11.6 g/Carbohydrate: 21.6 g/Fiber 3.5 g
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