Creamy Cauliflower-Chicken Soup

Creamy Cauliflower-Chicken Soup

2 Medium-Large Chicken Breasts, thawed

3 Cups water for boiling

1/2 stick Butter

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1/2 Medium Onion, chopped

2 thin long Carrots sliced in thin coins (or 10 baby carrots)

1 stalk Celery, well chopped

1 1/2 heads of Cauliflower, in big bite sized pieces 

1/4 cup Fresh Parsley Chopped

1 quart Chicken Broth

2 cups Rice Milk
Salt to Taste

Pepper to Taste

1/2 cup Non-Dairy Sour Cream (optional)
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1 recipe Cream of Chicken Soup

Directions:

1) Place chicken breasts and 3 cups water in a small-medium pot, cover and bring to boil. DO NOT THROW AWAY THE LIQUID WHEN DONE.  You will be adding the water to the final soup.

3) In Large soup pot, melt butter and sautee onions until soft. Then add celery to the pot.  After about 3-4 minutes turn heat to medium-lo and add other vegetables and parsley stirring to combine. Cover and let sit for 15 minutes stirring ocassionally. After 15 minutes add the 1 quart of Chicken Broth and increase the heat to medium.

4) While waiting on the vegetables, in a small pan make 1 recipe of Cream of Chicken Soup

5) When the Cream Cream of Chicken Soup is finished add it and the rice milk to the large pot with vegetables.

6) When the chicken breasts are cooked, set them aside, strain the liquid of particles, and add liquid to the large pot too.

7) Pull a part/shred the chicken breasts in strings.  You can add this to your main pot, or you can just add it to the bowls.  In our family we add the chicken to the kids bowls and my husband and I eat the soup as a vegetable soup. 

8) If you would like to add the sour cream, place it in a small mixing bowl and add about 1 cup of soup to it.  Mix well and then add it back to the pot and mix again.

9) We add the salt and pepper as we serve it, because some of us like more or less salt and pepper than others. If you want to add it to the whole pot at once, start out with about 1 tsp salt and 1/2-1 tsp of pepper.

**TIP:  Younger kids may not like seeing all the vegetables in their bowls.  I have one child like this.  SO what I did was smash/break up the visible Cauliflower in his bowl and he ate it with out a peep.  Pureeing the soup would also be a good easy idea for those little ones too.