This Low Calorie Chicken Soup for Weight Loss is just 45 calories and has 6 fat burning ingredients per serving.
With all the fat burning ingredients in this low calorie soup, you’ll be boosting your metabolism and losing weight faster than ever! And at just 45 calories, you can basically have as much as you want.
Because this soup is so low in calories, we have lots of “room” for toppings! I like to add lots of toppings to my cup of soup, and have outlined the calorie count in each so you know exactly what you are adding with each serving.
Low Calorie Chicken Soup for Weight Loss
What You’ll Find in this Article:
Ingredients in Detox Soup
What makes this such a great soup for weight loss, is all the metabolism boosting and fat burning ingredients in the soup.
Detox Soup Ingredients:
- Olive Oil Spray – my #1 tip for lowering calories in recipes!
- Onions – naturally increase metabolism!
- Red Bell Peppers – also naturally increase metabolism and burn fat!
- Jalapeños – boosts fat burning, especially in the tummy area!
- Chicken – adds protein and naturally increases weight loss.
- Garlic Cloves – adds a ton of flavor and round out this yummy soup.
- Crushed Tomatoes – another great weight loss ingredient, also thickens the soup.
- Chicken Broth – adds some protein and increases metabolism!
- Corn – adds more complexity to the dish and at a low calorie point too.
- Black Beans – adds more protein to the recipe and a healthy dose of belly fat burning fiber!
- Lime – it’s so important you get fresh lime juice, unlike the pre squeezed stuff, it is a super metabolism booster!
- Allspice, Salt and Pepper – adds lots of flavor, but see the nutrition section on lowering sodium
To make the addition of toppings extra easy (and stress free) I have supplied the calorie count for each. Just add the calorie count to the 45 calorie soup and you’ll have your calories for any version of this soup you like.
Low Calorie Optional Toppings:
- 1/8 cup shredded cheddar cheese (adds 46 calories)
- 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro (adds 0 calories)
- 3 crumbled Low Calorie Tortilla Chips (adds 20 calories)
- 1 tablespoon Greek Yogurt (adds 5 calories)
- 1/4 avocado (adds 60 calories)
- 1 tablepsoon salsa (adds 4 calories)
- 1/4 jalapeño (adds 1 calorie)
How to Make Low Calorie Soup
You can easily make this low calorie chicken soup in a slow cooker, or on the stove top. The recipe card below will have the stovetop method, but I added the slow cooker cooking method in this section just in case.
How to Make Low Calorie Soup for Weight Loss:
Slow Cooker Directions:
- Add the onions, bell peppers, jalapeños, chicken breasts, garlic, crushed tomatoes, broth, salt, pepper, and all spice to your slow cooker. You don’t even need to stir!
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours or LOW for 6-8 hours.
- Remove the chicken breasts, and shred with two forks.
- Return the shredded chicken to the slow cooker, along with the corn, black beans, and lime juice, stir together and cook for 5 more minutes until the corn and beans are warmed though. Taste and add salt or pepper as needed.
- Serve hot with your favorite toppings.
Stovetop Directions:
- Heat a large pot over medium heat, spray with olive oil.
- Add in the onions, bell peppers, jalapeños and chicken breasts. Cook for 5 minutes, mixing often, until the vegetables start to soften.
- Add in the garlic and cook for 1 minutes until fragrant, then add in the crushed tomatoes and chicken broth, and mix together.
- Increase the heat to medium-high and bring to a boil, then season with the all spice, salt and pepper and lower the heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove the chicken breasts, and shred with two forks.
- Return the shredded chicken to the pot along with the corn, black beans, and lime juice, stir together and cook for 5 more minutes until the corn and beans are warmed though.
- Taste and add salt or pepper as needed.
- Serve hot with your favorite toppings.
Low Calorie Chicken Soup for Weight Loss
This low calorie soup is easy and amazing! I have supplied Slow Cooker Directions above. Plus a list of Healthy Toppings with their individual calorie counts!
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Low Calorie Chicken Soup (45 Calories)
Equipment
- Large pot
Ingredients
- Olive Oil Spray
- 2 yellow onions minced
- 2 red bell peppers minced
- 2 jalapeños de-seeded and minced
- 1 boneless skinless chicken breast
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1/2 teaspoon allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 cup frozen corn (optional)
- 1/2 cup black beans drained and rinsed
- Juice of 1 lime
Optional Toppings:
- Shredded cheese
- Chopped cilantro
- Low Calorie Tortilla Chips
- Greek Yogurt in place of sour cream
- Salsa or hot sauce
- Diced jalapeños
Instructions
- Heat a large pot over medium heat, spray with olive oil.
- Add in the onions, bell peppers, jalapeños and chicken breasts. Cook for 5 minutes, mixing often, until the vegetables start to soften.
- Add in the garlic and cook for 1 minutes until fragrant, then add in the crushed tomatoes and chicken broth, and mix together.
- Increase the heat to medium-high and bring to a boil, then season with the all spice, salt and pepper and lower the heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove the chicken breasts, and shred with two forks.
- Return the shredded chicken to the pot along with the corn, black beans, and lime juice, stir together and cook for 5 more minutes until the corn and beans are warmed though.
- Taste and add salt or pepper as needed.
- Serve hot with your favorite toppings.
Nutrition
Nutrition and Calories in Weight Loss Soup
The nutrition is based off the soup above without any toppings. I have supplied the calories for all the toppings in the “Ingredients” section above.
LOWER THE SODIUM: If you would like to lower the sodium, simply omit the salt all together. You can add in 1/2 teaspoon of lime zest to boost the flavor after removing the salt from the recipe.
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Article History:
- Originally written and published February 15, 2023 by Audrey Johns
- Updated on September 11, 2023 by Audrey Johns
