10 Minute Italian Chicken Gorgonzola Soup

10 Minute Italian Chicken Gorgonzola Soup is a quick soup utilizing leftover or canned chicken and cooked in the microwave. Toss together a quick salad while the soup cooks and you have a tasty and sophisticated dinner for two. Easy to prepare and easy to eat, it is the perfect quick meal.

YOU WILL NEED

1 clove fresh garlic, minced

1 package Lipton Noodle Soup Mix with real chicken broth
There are two kinds one has chicken and one has broth.
You want the one with real chicken broth - alternately, you can use one of those boxes of chicken stock or broth.  When I wrote this recipe they had not started producing them, but they are an acceptable alternative.

1 cooked split chicken breast or portion of canned chicken or some roasted chicken pulled off the bones

3 oz dry tiny pasta stars, noodles, or alphabets
If you can't find them in the pasta section, look in
the Latino food section or for tiny egg noodles in the Kosher section

2 oz half and half

1-2 oz Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled

2 oz Parmesan cheese

1-2 oz Dry Marsala (use Dry Sherry if you don't have Marsala)

PREPARATION

MINCE

1 clove fresh garlic

ADD

to 3 1/2cups water in a 6-8 cup microwave safe bowl

MICROWAVE ON HIGH 5 minutes or until it comes to a boil

Carefully remove from microwave and

ADD

1 package Lipton Noodle Soup mix with real chicken broth

torn up meat from 1 leftover cooked split chicken breast (or canned chicken)

3 oz dry, tiny pasta stars, noodles or alphabets

you may also ADD mushrooms, corn, or asparagus tips raw or cooked

MICROWAVE ON HIGH 3 minutes or until pasta is tender

REMOVE from microwave

ADD

2 oz half and half

1-2 oz Gorgonzola cheese, crumbled

2 oz shredded or shaved Parmesan cheese,

1-2 oz Dry Marsala (use Dry Sherry if you don't have Marsala)

STIR until cheese starts to melt in hot broth

SERVE with a crisp salad and crusty bread

Enjoy

Serves 2

This super easy soup makes a filling and tasty quick meal when you are just too tired to cook. It is a great way to use up left overchicken. A few frozen veggies thrown in add variety, color, texture,and added nutrition.

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