I made this recipe without the "escarole" because I could not get it where I live however the soup was absolutely fabulous without it. My family loved it even my 4 and 6 year old children gobbled it up. My husband commented that the next time I make it he would like more meat in it. I used 5 thighs instead of 4 to make make up for the Escarole and he still wanted more meat. None of this soup was thrown out. We ate all of it over 3 days. It's a keeper.
this soup is very good! you can add whatever vegetables you want... aduki or adzuki beans are fantastic a delicious way of adding more fibre to your diet and they go so well with the sweet potato flavour! warning if you are not used to eating too much fibre the adzuki beans may sneak up on you...
We all LOVED this one!! I used (dry) kidney beans in place of the adzuki...and I added them in toward the middle of cooking. Also I used a box of Uncle Ben's wild rice which I cooked in the microwave then added toward the end of cooking. This was especially good the next day.
This is a fabulous soup. I usually omit the zucchini because I never seem to have it on hand. The key elements to this soup are chicken stock adzuki beans sweet potato escarole and the spices. All other ingredients I've added or subbed depending on what was in the fridge and it's been delicious every time.
My husband and I both enjoyed this healthy and delicious soup. Substitutions could easily be made for personal veggie preferences. I used fresh garlic and perhaps because I used low sodium broth I found that it needed some himalayan sea salt before serving.
I wasn't sure if I should review this recipe because I had to make some substitutions based on what I had on hand but I decided that my substitutions didn't change the overall flavor of the dish. I used boneless skinless chicken breast instead of thighs brown jasmine rice instead of wild rice part of a pattypan squash instead of the zucchini and spinach instead of escarole. I had bought some adzuki beans from the bulk section of my grocery store because I thought they were beautiful beans so then I had to find a recipe to use them in. The flavor of this is incredible! I thought for sure I would need to add salt but the herbs combined with the slight saltiness of the broth made the flavor perfect. I researched the nutritional value of adzuki beans and they're amazingly good for you! I'll definitely buy more and make this again on multiple occasions. Thank you for sharing!
This soup is delicious!! I made it per recipe, and it made LOTS of soup! With just the two of us we polished it off in 3 days. I plan on making this often. A lot of chopping, but well worth it! (especially because when I cook my hubby cleans) ;) A new favorite!
Nice change from the normal veggies.
Very tasty. The sweet potato tastes great with the squash and chicken. I don't like escarole so used a bag of fresh spinach instead. Didn't add beans either and it was still yummy. Also I used bone-in thighs (more flavor) and boiled for just half an hour then cut it up and added when suggested.
I just didn't like this. I liked the adzuki beans which I was a first-timer with but I had to keep adding water and the rice didn't turn out right. And I didn't like the escarole in it but normally I like escarole. I will not make this again.
