Chicken Gumbo Soup
Serves: 12.
Ingredients
- 2 celery stalks, diced
- 1 onion, diced
- 4 cups of chicken broth
- 1 can (16 ounce) no-salt-added tomatoes, undrained
- ⅓ cup green peppers, diced
- ⅓ cup rice, uncooked
- 1 clove minced garlic (1/4 tsp dried minced garlic)
- 1 cup of frozen okra
- 2 tablespoons dry parsley
- 1 tsp low-sodium Worcestershire sauce
- ⅛ tsp hot sauce
- ½ tsp Mrs Dash Chicken grilling seasoning
- ½ cup cooked chicken, finely chopped
Instructions
- In a large soup pot, add all ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until all vegetables and rice are tender, about 25 minutes. Add chicken and boil for another minute. Let soup sit for 30 minutes or more.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: ½ cup. Sodium: 11 mg. Use cooked chicken prepared using fresh chicken with only 3% sodium per serving (instead of chicken that has been infused with a high-sodium broth).
Note that sodium percentages depend on which daily reference you use. The estimated 11 mg of sodium per serving implies that one serving of this recipe provides:
– 0% of the U.S. FDA daily reference value for sodium for a 2,000-calorie diet that includes 2,400 mg sodium, or
– 1% of the American Heart Association recommendation of 1,500 mg sodium per day, or
– 1% of the Ménière’s diet recommendation of 1,000 mg sodium per day.
