Healthy Pulled Pork Soup
A delightfully delicious pulled pork soup recipe which is also both hearty and healthy. Packed full of goodness with kale, zucchini, mirepoix and homemade chicken stock!
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 320kcal
Ingredients
- 8 cups chicken stock homemade preferable
- 4 cups cooked pulled pork
- 2 cups carrots (diced)
- 2 cups onions (diced)
- 2 cups celery (diced)
- 2 cups kale (torn leaves with no stems, loosely packed)
- 1 cup zucchini (diced)
- 1 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes (strained)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 pinch fresh cracked black pepper
Instructions
Preparation Steps
- Gather the tools and ingredients.
- Wash, peel, and dice the carrots.
- Peel and dice the onions.
- Dice the zucchini and celery.
- Wash and remove the stems from the kale. Tear the leaves into small pieces.
Cooking Instructions
- Add the olive oil to a heavy-bottomed soup pot and heat over medium-high heat until it shimmers. Add the carrots, celery, onion, and a pinch of salt. Stir and sweat the mirepoix for 6 minutes.
- Add the zucchini and continue to cook for another 4-5 minutes. Add the strained tomatoes, pulled pork, and chicken stock. Increase the heat to high.
- Bring the soup to a boil for 1 minute, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Turn off the heat. Add the kale and stir to submerge. Add the remaining salt and pepper.
- Taste. Adjust seasonings and taste again.
- Enjoy hot and happy eating!
Notes
For this recipe, I have assumed that you have cooked pulled pork available. The cook time will change significantly if you need to start the pulled pork from scratch.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 320kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 78mg | Sodium: 746mg | Potassium: 985mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 6023IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 2mg
