A Healthy Chicken Rice and Bean Soup Your Family Will Love (+ Free Printable Recipe Cards)
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When you need to nip a cold in the bud or crave a bowl of homemade soup in cold weather, this Healthy Chicken Rice and Bean Soup is a must!
It’s a Chicken Rice and Bean Soup kind of day!
Yesterday was the first day of school for my 8-year-old.
She was excited to go back after two odd weeks of being off.
Both her younger siblings fell ill during the holidays with the usual coughs and colds.
She escaped the bug going round…
at least till this morning.
My poor child woke up with a mild fever, a cough, and a runny nose.
Hubs and I decided she had to stay at home to recuperate and contain the germs from spreading at school.
It wasn’t enough to just recuperate with rest but we needed to do all we could to help her get better.
What this Mama does to help nip that cold in the bud:
- I could not help but make a big mug of my homemade remedy for a sore throat. Sure, she wasn’t particularly happy about it, but it was important.
- Up the intake of vitamin C. (On a side note, does your child get vitamin C in her diet?)Lots of TLC
- Prayer and
- A hearty bowl of homemade soup.
I have 50 homemade soup recipes you can choose from!
Nothing beats a bowl of homemade soup, lovingly made and prayed over.
Nothing!)
One of my favorite soups to make is a good ol’ fashioned Roasted Tomato Soup.
A new favorite when I want the kids to have more than their fair share of veggies is my Clear Vegetable Soup.
But when the kids feel under the weather, I like to turn to a chicken soup of some sort.
So this afternoon for lunch, I decided to make her a healthy chicken rice and bean soup.
The goal being to help soothe her throat and be a hearty enough bowl of goodness to satisfy her weak appetite.
Healthy Chicken Rice and Bean Soup
If you have chicken, rice, and beans at home, you’re on the way to a GREAT bowl of soup!
This is practically a dump-everything-in-one-pot-and-cook kind of recipe if you have canned pinto beans and canned white beans.
I personally prefer cooking everything from scratch when time permits (and I have the resources on hand).
I did pressure cook (you can use an Instant Pot) the pre-soaked pinto beans and white beans separately before adding the same to the soup.
Honestly, if you just have black beans, use that and you will have a delicious chicken rice and black beans soup!
The type of beans you have does not matter.
Any beans work for that extra protein and nutrition!
This is a very forgiving soup, so feel free to throw in some veggies, like celery, spinach, and corn if you would like.
And make sure you serve this nice and hot.
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When you need to nip a cold in the bud or crave a bowl of homemade soup in cold weather, this Healthy Chicken Rice and Bean Soup is a must! If you're using uncooked pinto beans and white beans, pressure cook these separately with 2 cups of water and seasoned with salt and pepper. Once cooked through, set aside till ready to boil your soup.
Chicken Rice and Bean Soup
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Is there a particular soup you enjoy when you feel under the weather or when it’s cold outdoors?
(Thanks for agreeing this soup is the one on Yummly.)
This sounds delicious, and being healthy is a big bonus! Thanks so much for sharing this great recipe.
That soup just looks and sounds like everything I would love right now. It’s so cold here in England at the moment and soup is high on my cold weather food list!
I love beans, rice and chicken so it just makes sense that I would devour this soup in seconds. I really would because it looks that amazing. Thanks for sharing your photos and your recipe.
I only eat 2 kinds of soup. The first is tomato and I will only eat it will a grilled cheese sandwich. The second is chicken noodle and only when I am sick.
Yum now that is a full, hearty soup! It looks delicious. I would LOVE to give this one a try! Especially on a day like today!
That looks absolutely delicious! I’m always looking for new soup recipes.
A nice, hearty soup is perfect for the cold weather! I could definitely use some warm soup now and this looks great.
Rice and bean is one of my all time favorite soups. Five stars for this recipe, it looks so good!
This is such an easy recipe to make and it is very yummy, I’ll have to make this for my family; without a doubt five stars!
I should definitely try this recipe for dinner later! It looks really yummy and healthy!
I love the look of this soup. I’d really enjoy it with all the beans it in, I have to try and make it.
I love anything with rice. This makes me so excited. I’ll try this one out soon. 🙂
When it is cold outside, like it is today, I have a lemon chicken rice soup I love to make. It is simple, tastes great and is filling. Your recpe looks enticing!
That sounds yum. Do you have a link to the recipe I could look at ?
That’s healthy but nice and hearty too. My husband and teen would love this soup.
The colder it gets the more I want taco soup or chili. I’m going to make chili tomorrow. Your soup looks great.
This sounds like such a hearty soup! Love beans in soup too!
Getting a chicken + bean + soup is a healthy calorie. I recommend this recipe! Thank you for sharing
This looks delicious. I have been on the hunt for more healthy {yummy} recipes for my family. I will so be making this. Thank you!
Yum! I totally could make this because I have a lot of the ingredients already. There are a few spices I don’t have, but I could always substitute. Thanks for sharing this easy recipe!
Oh yes, that is a really healthy soup, we make some sort of chicken soup at least once a week.
Our eating habits last year was really bad. I want to start making more home cooked meals. This chicken rice and bean soup sounds nice and filling! Yum!
WOW! What a wonderful mom you are. Instead of opening a can of soup, you made this delicious soup for your daughter. This is a healthy soup that I would love to make for my family!
This sounds soooo yummy! Thanks for sharing!
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This looks so good right now for the chill in the air, I would so load this up with extra cilantro.
Oh I love that it has the brown rice in it! I love making soups! Always warm me up during these cold winter months!