This past weekend I was sitting there watching football when all of a sudden I had a craving for something buffalo flavored. I had already planned our meals out for the weekend and early this week, so it was all the way until last night when I could finally satisfy my craving. I was trying to think of something buffalo flavored that was different than just wings or a wrap, and buffalo chicken soup popped in my head. So I went perusing the internet and almost every recipe I found was for a creamy soup, and that just wasn’t what I had in mind. I wanted a brothy soup that had an authentic buffalo flavor and toppings and that’s when I came across this gem!
This soup was everything that I was hoping it would be. And the cilantro, green onions and blue cheese toppings cooled off the slight kick and complimented it perfectly. We also topped ours with croutons which I would definitely recommend doing. This would be great for a football party and if you are looking for a creamier soup, I bet it would be great with some cream cheese stirred in at the end. I haven’t tried it, but I bet you could make this in the slow cooker too. We added a salad and cornbread on the side and it made for a great meal! Oh and bonus, it only takes like 30 minutes to make!
Buffalo Chicken Soup
Source: How Sweet It Is
Serves 2 as a meal, 4 as a side
Ingredients:
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cooked & shredded
2 tbsp. olive oil
1/4 of a sweet onion, chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
pinch of salt
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tbsp. flour
32 oz. low sodium chicken stock
1/3 to 1/2 cup buffalo wing sauce
1/3 cup shredded cheddar
1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese
For Topping:
Green Onions, sliced
Cilantro, Chopped
Blue Cheese crumbles
Additional Parmesan
Croutons
Directions:
In a large pot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onions, celery and pinch of salt and stir to coat. Cook for 3 to 5 minutes, until soft and slightly translucent. Stir in garlic and cook 1 to 2 minutes more, until fragrant. Add in the flour and stir to combine. Stirring continually, cook for 1 minute.
Continuing to stir, pour in the chicken stock, buffalo sauce (1/3 to 1/2 cup depending on your spicy tolerance, we used 1/3 cup and it was perfect for us), chicken, shredded cheddar & parmesan. Bring soup to a boil and then reduce heat to medium low and simmer for approximately 15 minutes.
Pour into bowls and top with cilantro, green onions, blue cheese, parmesan & croutons if desired. We also added a couple dollops of ranch dressing and stirred it in.
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Well, I love everything buffalo – so I’m sure I’d love this soup!
what a creative soup! love it!!
what. the. what. This is officially the coolest soup EVER! Well, and probably the hottest.. you know what I mean. Holy cow, looks delish!
Haha:) THank you Hayley!
This soup looks so interesting! Buffalo Chicken anything is always good, will have to pin this to try very soon – thinking it could even be adjusted to use up some of that leftover turkey from Thanksgiving 🙂
oh great idea to sub the leftover turkey!
my hubby would go crazy over this…I do not like buffalo chicken….but I cook all things and love to score extra points with the hubby 😉
You are nicer to your hubby than me! 🙂 I don’t like mashed potatoes or meatloaf and my husband loves them, but he only gets to eat them at his mom’s house;)
Added this to my pin it. I can’t wait to surprise my husband with this, he loves anything buffalo .
Being fom Buffalo, I am totally pinning this soup!! We have a local restaurant here that makes Buffalo Wing Soup and I’m not a huge fan of it because it’s so hot it just tastes (to me) like a bottle of Frank’s that was stuck in the microwave. This recipe looks incredible!
Hope this soup meets your expecations!:)
Wow, wow…love…love!
Thank you Cathy!
This is a great idea! I love buffalo chicken (sandwiches, wings)…soup sounds awesome!
THank you Julia!
when do you add the chicken, not listed in recipe
sorry about that! Thanks for letting me know! You add it with the chicken stock. I’ll change it in the recipe above.
This soup is so right up my alley! I am obsessed with everything involving Buffalo sauce, so I cannot wait to try this on the next extra-cold NYC night. So happy to have found your blog!
Thank you Kelly! And I just love your blog! Those Christmas Tree Cupcakes Are gorgeous!!
This looks absolutely delicious! We love all things buffalo ~ so, I’m really looking forward to trying this!
Thank you Kristi! Hope you enjoy it!