Chicken Parmesan Soup

By cndrela13

A tasty soup that mirrors the taste of delicious Chicken Parmesan.

Ingredients

• For Chicken Parmesan:
• 1 1/2 lbs chicken tenders, cut into bite sized pieces (or you could use chicken breasts)
• 1 cup Italian Style bread crumbs
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 3 Tbls shredded parmesan cheese
• Olive oil for frying the chicken
• For Soup:
• 1 white onion, finely chopped
• 3 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup red wine
• 3 – 28 oz cans of whole peeled tomatoes
• 1 – 28 oz can of chicken broth
• 1 – 15 oz can of tomato sauce
• 1 Tbls of oregano
• Handful of fresh basil leaves, chopped
• 2 tsp sugar
• Parmesan Cheese for garnish

Details

Adapted from gumboyaya2u.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Place olive oil in soup pot and heat thoroughly.

Into a Ziplock bag, place bread crumbs, garlic powder, and parmesan. Shake well to combine. Put chicken pieces into bag and shake well to coat. (Save remaining bread crumb mixture. It will be added into the soup later on.)

Fry the chicken pieces in batches in the oil until browned and cooked through. Remove from pot and drain on paper towels.

After removing last batch of chicken from pot, add onions and garlic. Cook for several minutes until translucent. Add wine to deglaze pan.

Add cans of tomatoes. Break tomatoes apart with soup or fork. Fill one of the cans with chicken broth; add to the pot. Add can of tomato sauce. Cook until bubbles begin to form.

Add the oregano, bread crumb mixture and sugar. Simmer for 10 minutes. Add basil; stir to mix in. Return the chicken to the pot. Cook for another minute or two.

Serve in bowls with generous amount of shredded parmesan cheese on top.