Low Calorie Chicken Soup for Weight Loss

Low Calorie Chicken Soup for Weight Loss

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.

Low Calorie Chicken Soup for Weight Loss

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

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.

Low Calorie Chicken Soup for Weight Loss

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.

Low Calorie Chicken Soup for Weight Loss

How to Make Low Calorie Soup for Weight Loss:

Slow Cooker Directions:

  1. 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!
  2. Cover and cook on HIGH for 4 hours or LOW for 6-8 hours.
  3. Remove the chicken breasts, and shred with two forks.
  4. 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. 
  5. Serve hot with your favorite toppings.

Stovetop Directions:

  1. Heat a large pot over medium heat, spray with olive oil.
  2. Add in the onions, bell peppers, jalapeños and chicken breasts. Cook for 5 minutes, mixing often, until the vegetables start to soften.
  3. Add in the garlic and cook for 1 minutes until fragrant, then add in the crushed tomatoes and chicken broth, and mix together.
  4. 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.
  5. Remove the chicken breasts, and shred with two forks.
  6. 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.
  7. Taste and add salt or pepper as needed.
  8. 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!

Low Calorie Chicken Soup for Weight Loss

Low Calorie Chicken Soup (45 Calories)

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This Low Calorie Chicken Soup for Weight Loss is just 45 calorie per cup and it's packed with fat burning, metabolism boosting ingredients to speed up weight loss!
Special Tip: Make sure to see the topping guide for great ways to turn this 45 calorie soup into a big meal!
5 from 5 votes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course dinner, Main Course
Cuisine American, Mexican
Servings 10 servings
Calories 45 kcal

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:

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

Serving: 1cupCalories: 45kcalCarbohydrates: 4.1gProtein: 6.2gFat: 0.7gSaturated Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 249mgPotassium: 74mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1.4gCalcium: 10mgIron: 0mg
Keyword chicken tortilla soup, low calorie soup, weight loss soup
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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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