Buffalo Chicken Soup
My Hubbie loves chicken wings so when we went to Mexico last year and one of the bars pretty much had them on tap, he was in his element. One of his favourite sauces to have them lathered in was the lovely, spicy Buffalo sauce and so as soon as we got home I tracked down a bottle of the lovely stuff. It was much easier to find than I was anticipating as I found most big supermarkets sell it (I’ve seen it in Tesco and Sainsbury’s).
Having commandeered a bottle, I started to think up interesting ways to use it (given Chicken Wings aren’t the healthiest thing to be having all the time) and I came up with the idea for this lovely soup. It really is the perfect winter warmer. Both tangy and packed with flavour, this soup is a great way to use up left over roast chicken. If you want to use chicken breasts instead you can do. Just bake them in the oven, shred and add at the end.
POINTS AND NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
Serves 4 – per serving = 3 points or 244 cals, 8.3g fat, 16.0g carbs, 26.1g protein
Ingredients
1 large onion, roughly chopped
3 sticks of celery, roughly chopped
3 carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
½ tsp chilli powder
1 tsp each of ground cumin and paprika
400g tin of chopped tomatoes (Mutti are my favourite)
1 chicken stock cube made up with 750ml boiling water
3 tbsp buffalo sauce
Handful of fresh coriander, roughly chopped
275g roast chicken, shredded, white meat only (or 2 medium chicken breasts, roasted and shredded)
40g blue stilton cheese, crumbled (reserve a little for the top)
2 tbsp light sour cream
Low calorie cooking spray
Salt and black pepper
Method
- Take a large saucepan, spray with low-calorie cooking spray and add the onion, celery, carrot and garlic. Season with salt and pepper and fry for 5–6minutes until the onion has started to soften. Add a little water if the pan gets too dry.
- Next add the chilli powder, cumin and paprika and fry for another minute, then add the tomatoes, chicken stock and buffalo sauce. Leave to simmer for 20–25 minutes until the carrot and celery are soft. Remove from the heat, add the fresh coriander and blitz with a hand blender or food processor.
- Once smooth, add the shredded chicken and blue cheese and bring back to a simmer on the heat so that the chicken is warmed through and the cheese melts into the soup. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Remove from the heat and pour into four bowls. Stir ½ tablespoon sour cream into each bowl and top with a little sprinkle of crumbled blue cheese.
Hello,
This recipe sounds great! I’m not a huge fan of blue cheese so I think I’d leave it out. How many smart points would each serving be without the cheese??
Hi Gemma, it would be 3sp per portion without, you could even add 30g of light cream cheese for the same effect and it would still be 3sp ?
Cant wait to try this soup Laura,sounds delicious xx
Hope you enjoy Mary!
Hi Laura, We’re not the greatest fans of blue cheese (despite trying endlessly to like it!) so can I ask if you recommend any substitute for it instead?
If you think it adds an element to the soup that can’t be missed or matched with something else then I will use it, just thought it was worth asking 🙂
Thanks!
Hi Kat, you could use some cream cheese instead for the creaminess but I would advise trying a little bowl with it in as you can’t really taste it, it just takes the vinegar edge off the sauce ?
Perfect – I’ll give it a try then Laura, thank you 🙂
I’ve made this as a sauce for pasta – no water so nice and thick. Was sublime!
I did the same a few nights ago and it was lovely!! Great minds Debbie! haha!
Hi Laura
How many points in the buffalo sauce? I am thinking if i swap the soft cheese for quark and omit the sour cream i can pretty much get this ti be no count? Except for the sauce perhaps
Hi Michelle, its only 1sp for 3 tbsp so I wouldn’t think it would harm too much. Swapping the blue cheese for quark would still give you the nice creamy texture too x
Hi Laura!
I’m such a fan of your recipe ideas and keen to make this soup this weekend. I was just wondering if you’ve frozen it once made, or if it should be eaten fresh?
Thanks, Emma x
Hi Emma, Yep no harm in freezing it, just be sure to add the soured cream and cheese fresh 🙂
Made this soup today and it was delicious. Will definitely make it again. X
This recipe is lush!
I’m not the biggest soup fan but as a breastfeeding mumma I need healthy food that fills me up and sustains a hungry bubba too! This is the nicest soup I have ever eaten! Simple to make, low in points (I split it into 2 portions not 4 but I have a lot of points because of breast feeding) anc so filling. This is already a firm favourite and I will be making this again!
Ah I’m so pleased you liked it Vikki and so pleased its good to help fill you up while breast feeding ! 🙂
Making this soup now ?
It’s was delish ?
Ah pleased you enjoyed Denise ?
Made this yesterday replacing the cheese and sour cream with 0% fat yoghurt. Wife had a bowl yesterday and loved it, I’ve just eaten a bowl and it has stunning flavours and a lovely kick. Two bowls left for us to fight over tomorrow 🙂 Now off to research which of your fab recipes I can do next 🙂
So pleased you both liked it Graham!
Had a major cookathon of Laura recipes yesterday and this soup was sublime. Lots of interest in each spoonful, a nice chilli kick thanks to the buffalo sauce (Tesco’s did have it as you said) and filling.
Just made this soup and it was fabulous.
This is my first recipe from here and I am absolutely delighted, here’s to making many more ?
Thank you for all the hard work you put in with creating all the recipes
This is just so delicious. I love Frank’s hot sauce, and am a sucker for buffalo wings, and this is just SO tasty. I had St Agur Creme (a spreadable/dippy cheese in a pot) on a slice of toast with it, for extra blue cheesey goodness and it was SO nice!