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Chicken, kale and pesto soup

Name: Chicken, kale and pesto soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British recipes
Ingredients: 1.5 litres chicken stock; 3 free-range British skinless and boneless chicken breasts, halved; 2 x 250g packs Merchant Gourmet Ready To Eat Freekeh, or similar; 150g kale; 3 tbsp fresh green pesto

Published: 14 Jun 17
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Change up this quick and easy midweek dinner by swapping the freekeh for other mixed grains, wholegrain rice or small pasta shapes such as macaroni. A few parmesan shavings sprinkled over the soup would also taste great.

Easy
May 2017

Test kitchen approved

Serves 4
Hands-on time 30 min

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 404kcals
Fat: 10.6g (2g saturated)
Protein: 36.1g
Carbohydrates: 36.4g (2.9g sugars)
Fibre: 9.5g
Salt: 1.8g

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Ingredients

1.5 litres chicken stock
3 free-range British skinless and boneless chicken breasts, halved
2 x 250g packs Merchant Gourmet Ready To Eat Freekeh, or similar
150g kale
3 tbsp fresh green pesto

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Method

Heat the stock in a large pan and bring to the boil. Add the chicken and simmer for 15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. Remove the chicken from the stock and set aside.
Add the freekeh and kale to the pan with the stock and simmer for 5-10 minutes until the kale is tender and the freekeh is heated through. Shred the chicken breasts using 2 forks, then return to the pan and stir to heat through.
Stir the pesto into the soup, taste, season and ladle into bowls to serve.