{"id":7437,"date":"2015-10-08T13:13:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T17:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/?p=7437"},"modified":"2023-05-22T06:13:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T11:13:53","slug":"chicken-and-leek-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/chicken-and-leek-soup","title":{"rendered":"Dairy Free Creamy Chicken and Leek Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Delicious Creamy Chicken and Leek Soup - packed with heaps of flavour and is gluten and dairy free, as well as being paleo and whole30 friendly<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of my favourite slow cooker recipes is from Nom Nom Paleo<\/strong><\/a><\/span> - it is a slow cooker chicken and gravy recipe and it's the best dish ever. My kids ladle up that gravy with a spoon they love it so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her recipe, I love the little tip to add some fish sauce which really adds umami<\/strong><\/span> to the flavour of the gravy. For those of you saying - What??? fish sauce - NO!!! trust me, it is amazing, it doesn't make it taste of fish, but it does do something magical with the flavour.  I've been using it in so many things ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before then, it was pretty much only ever used for  Thai Curries. I like to use the Red Boat Fish Sauce<\/a><\/strong><\/span> because it has no added sugar.  However that brand is pretty expensive in the UK, so feel free to find a similar one available to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also use coconut milk in this Chicken and Leek Soup, which means this soup is gluten and dairy free, so also suitable for anyone following paleo or whole30. It is a pure bowl of comfort food and is pretty quick to make if you have some leftover cooked chicken from your Sunday roast dinner to use up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Don't worry though if you haven't got any cooked chicken, you can just brown up some chicken of your choice, shred it up and add it into the Chicken and Leek Soup (I recommend thighs, or a mixture or breast and thigh meat though. I like to use thigh meat in recipes like this as they stay much more tender and flavoursome.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This could also be turned into a delicious dairy and gluten-free Chicken pie if you top with mashed white or sweet potato. Now there is a thought!! Heavenly Creamy Chicken and Leek Pie. I want to make up another pot of this soup just so I can turn it into a pie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You don't need to worry about speed foods with this yummy Chicken and Leek Soup as it comes packed with delicious healthy leeks as well as onion. It's super filling too, so feels like a complete meal in a bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I use regular canned coconut milk in this soup recipe instead of light. Divided up into portions it's really not to bad and you just won't get the same creaminess using light coconut milk. So do bear that in mind if you make the swap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Kitchen Items do I need to make this Chicken and Leek Soup?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n