Green Chile Chicken Soup

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Description

This green chile chicken soup is a simple, homemade cream of chicken soup gets a little zip from green chiles. With more chiles comes more spice.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups milk
3 cups chicken broth
2 cups cooked, boneless and skinless chicken, cut into bite-sized pieces
1/2 cup chopped green chile peppers
salt and pepper to taste
1 pinch garlic powder

Directions

1 In a large pot, melt butter or margarine. Add flour and stir resulting paste over medium heat. Add milk and chicken broth and whip to eliminate any lumps. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to simmer.
2 Add chicken. Add chopped green chiles, salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste. Stir well and cover. Simmer for 30 minutes and serve.