Salsa Verde Chicken Soup and 14 Ways to use Salsa Verde

Salsa Verde Chicken Soup is a quick, weeknight soup that is full of flavor.  Using prepared chicken and salsa verde makes it super fast.  If you have leftover salsa, I included 14 ways to use it to make weeknight cooking more flavorful.

It seems like a switch has been flipped at my house.  The weather is cooler, the days are shorter and we are snuggling under the covers more.  I just watched the season premiere of The Walking Dead; that tells me the seasons are changing.

We’ve started to plan our Halloween costumes and put some thought into where we will spend Thanksgiving.  I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I even bought my very first Christmas present yesterday.  Crazy!  I know all year long that Christmas is coming but do I think about it before October? Never!

Did you know there are many out there who have already finished shopping?  They planned ahead, shopped sales and can sit back and drink Blood Orange Wine Spritzers while we run around like crazy.  I hate them.

In order to give me more time for Christmas shopping, I’ve prepared a super fast weeknight soup.  This Salsa Verde Chicken Soup includes several shortcuts to make your life easier.

First, I used chicken I had roasted earlier in the week.  I love to roast a chicken on the weekends and use it throughout the week. It’s great to throw on a green salad or in a quesadilla for the kiddos.  Feel free to use a rotisserie chicken in this soup.

Also, I used prepared salsa verde.  This stuff is amazing.  Really, I think you’ll love it and may never go back to that red stuff.  It has roasted tomatillos, onions, cilantro and lime in it.  It tastes fresh and there is a bit of smokey flavor from the roasted tomatillos.  If you want to make your own Kate over at Cookie & Kate has a great recipe.

This recipe is endlessly forgiving.  Use any canned beans you have in the house and feel free to cut up any veggies you need to get rid of.  Carrots and peppers would be great sauteed with the onions.  Clean that fridge out.

If you have any leftover salsa verde here are some more delicious ideas…

1. with nachos
2. on fish tacos
3. as a dip for quesadillas
4. in chicken enchiladas
5. with scrambled eggs
6. on the side of this Herbed Skirt Steak or as a marinade for meat
7. on a cheeseburger
8. in a Mexican dressing
9. in black beans
10. mix into rice
11. on top of Cheesy Quinoa Stuffed Peppers with Broccoli
12. in Taco Soup with Sweet Potatoes
13. in a Mexican Rice Bowl
14. on top of a baked potato with cheese
15. on top of pork tenderloin

You can easily tweak this recipe to your liking: add fewer beans, more stock or more chicken.

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Chicken Soup with Salsa Verde

This super fast Chicken Soup is full of flavor from the salsa verde. Serve with crusty bread or tortilla chips.

Course Dinner

Cuisine Mexican

Servings 6

Author Karen Kelly

Ingredients

• 1 cup shredded cooked chicken
• 1 medium onion diced
• 1 tbsp cumin
• 2 14 oz . cans beans I used 1 pinto and 1 black, rinsed
• 3 cups chicken stock gluten free
• 1 cup salsa verde
• 1 tbsp butter
• salt and pepper to taste
• Toppings:
• avocado cheddar or Monterey jack cheese, sour cream, cilantro

Instructions

1. Saute diced onion in 1 tbsp butter for about 5 min. Add cumin and stir.
2. Add all other ingredients and bring to a boil,
3. Let simmer on low just until flavors start to marry, about 10 minutes.
4. Serve hot with lots of toppings.

Tell me, have you tried salsa verde yet?