Healthy Chicken Potato Soup
Get ready for fall and cooler weather with this creamy chicken potato soup that’s more like a hearty chowder—true comfort food!
It's creamy, hearty, healthy, and feeds a crowd. The best part is that it's wrapped up in 30 minutes! What's not to love about that?!
Ingredients for Creamy Chicken and Potato Soup
Chicken potato chowder might not be one of the most common soups, but when I came across a unique chicken soup in an old recipe book, I knew I needed to put my spin on it!
This chicken and potato soup recipe is loaded with shredded chicken, warm spices, and TONS of vegetables. It was toddler and husband approved...here's what you'll need:
Chicken
So the original recipe I based this on calls to boil a whole chicken. Who has time for that? While delicious, it's time-consuming and you can just use a shredded rotisserie chicken and chicken broth.
Potatoes
The next ingredient that's super important to this recipe is potatoes of course! I choose to leave the skin on my potatoes because it adds extra nutrients and once simmered, totally edible!
Spices
The spices in this soup are really what makes it stand out! Cinnamon is the unique ingredient I love adding to vegetable soups to make them unique.
Cinnamon is a common ingredient to add to Lebanese cooking, which is one of my favorites. It adds a twist that will have people begging for this recipe!
Creamy Soup Base
Typically your "healthy" soups don't necessarily have a creamy soup base. This one has exactly one cup of sour cream added that when mixed with the chicken broth, potatoes, and tons of veggies creates a creamy base for this soup that isn't too rich, but brings a "tang" to the pot that you absolutely need.
Are Certain Types of Potatoes Better Than Others for This Recipe?
For this recipe, I used Idaho potatoes because they are really hearty and hold up nicely after being simmered in the soup.
If you use a "softer" potato, such as baby red or new potatoes, they may not hold up as well but that is totally a personal preference!
How to Make Healthy Chicken Potato Soup
Chicken potato chowder really couldn't be easier to make! It's a one-pot dinner that develops flavor really quickly. So 30 minutes is all it takes for this healthy family dinner.
- In a large soup pot add the olive oil and heat over medium heat.
- Add onion and celery. Sautee for 4 minutes until onions are translucent.
- Pour in chicken stock and add potatoes, cabbage, salt, pepper, and cinnamon.
- Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes until potatoes are tender.
- Stir in chicken and tomatoes, cook for an additional 5-10 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and stir in the sour cream then garnish with parsley.
So just a few steps will get you from just a handful of ingredients to a hearty dinner!
How to Cook This Recipe in a Crock Pot or Instant Pot Instead
My chicken potato soup, crockpot version, is super easy as well!
- Start by sauteeting the onion and celery in a pan.
- Remove them after they've become a little bit soft and add them to the crockpot.
- Toss all ingredients, except the chicken & sour cream, into the crock pot and stir.
- Set on high for 3-4 hours or low for 6-8 hours.
- In the last 1 hour, add the shredded chicken and sour cream.
- Cover and finish cooking for the last hour. Enjoy!
Into the Instant Pot? You can totally do that too! Instant pot chicken soup with potatoes is probably the fastest way to enjoy this soup. *For this version you'll use 3 raw chicken breasts instead of already cooked chicken*
- Start by using the sautee function to cook the celery and onion for about 3 minutes.
- Add in all ingredients, exept the sour cream) and make sure they are covered by liquid (water or chicken stock!)
- Set the pressure to high and cook for 20 minutes.
- Using the quick release setting, release the pressure and remove the lid carefully.
- Remove the chicken & shred.
- Add the chicken back into the pot along with the sour cream.
- Stir and enjoy!
It’s actually really easy to chook chicken potato soup in an instant pot! So let me know what you think if you give it a try.
What to Serve with Chicken and Potato Chowder
This is a spicy chicken potato soup, so something fresh and cool to balance it out would be perfect!
I suggest salads like:
Or, if you want to create a totally decadent dinner how about side dishes like:
Other Delicious & Creamy Soup Recipes
I love the hearty combo of chicken and potatoes, but when it comes to soup, it’s hard to choose a favorite! Check out these amazing soup recipes:
📖 Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 rotisserie chicken remove meat and shred
- 32 oz chicken stock
- 4 Idaho potatoes diced
- 3 stalks of celery chopped
- 1 onion diced
- 3 roma tomatoes diced
- ½ a head of cabbage chopped
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 teaspoons of salt more to taste
- 2 teaspoons pepper
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 cup sour cream
- parsley for garnish
Instructions
- In a large soup pot add the olive oil and heat over medium heat.
- Add onion and celery. Sautee for 4 minutes until onions are translucent.
- Pour in chicken stock and add potatoes, cabbage, salt, pepper, and cinnamon.
- Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes until potatoes are tender.
- Stir in chicken and tomatoes, cook for an additional 5-10 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and stir in the sour cream then garnish with parsley.
- Enjoy!
Ted says
This recipe has to be worth something! I’m a 1 star cook and made a 4 star tasting dish! If it was in better hands my world !
Susan says
Very good but a little too much cinnamon for my taste. I would suggest 1/2 tablespoon.
Sara Ayesh says
Thank you for your input! I'm so glad you tried the recipe and thanks for reviewing it!
Miles says
I was searching for a healthy, homely soup to blow away the cold winter freeze and stumbled across this lovely soup. Easy to prepare with happy smiles around the dinner table. I’m not into cinnamon, maybe it’s a British thing, so left out. It still tasted amazing.