Polenta Chicken, Bean & Kale Soup
Polenta Chicken, Bean & Kale Soup

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Chicken dinners can get a little tired. No longer, thanks to this delicious combination of spicy, bone-in chicken thighs with garlicky green beans and luxurious polenta. For a quick shortcut to flavor, you'll coat the chicken thighs with Berbere, which is a deeply flavorful spice mix from Ethiopia. Shred the meat from a rotisserie chicken in advance.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook polenta chicken, bean & kale soup using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Polenta Chicken, Bean & Kale Soup:
  1. Take 3 tablespoons olive oil
  2. Prepare 1 large onion, chopped
  3. Prepare 3 medium cloves of garlic, finely chopped
  4. Make ready 2 teaspoon kosher salt
  5. Take 1 teaspoon black pepper
  6. Prepare 3/4 cup coarse stone-ground yellow cornmeal
  7. Take 1 bunch kale, stemmed, leaves torn into 1-inch pieces
  8. Prepare 1 (15.5 ounce) can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
  9. Make ready 2 cups cooked, shredded chicken (rotisserie chicken works well)
  10. Make ready 4 ounces Parmesan cheese (2 cups) plus more for garnish

Cut polenta into squares and place on an oiled baking sheet. Meanwhile, bring a small pot of water to boil and add beans. Polenta is best cooked and served immediately, but to reheat the polenta, place the cold mixture in a pot with extra chicken broth or water and reheat slowly over low heat, stirring until smooth. Add polenta in a thin stream, stirring constantly.

Instructions to make Polenta Chicken, Bean & Kale Soup:
  1. Shred the meat from a rotisserie chicken in advance.
  2. In a large pot over medium, heat oil until shimmering. Add onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, 3 minutes or until onion is translucent. Add 2 quarts water, then whisk in cornmeal; bring to a simmer. Add chicken, beans, kale and reduce to low; cook, uncovered for about 15 minutes. When the kale is tender, stir in Parmesan; season with salt and pepper.
  3. Serve with Parmesan cheese on top.

Polenta is best cooked and served immediately, but to reheat the polenta, place the cold mixture in a pot with extra chicken broth or water and reheat slowly over low heat, stirring until smooth. Add polenta in a thin stream, stirring constantly. My family devours this time and time again. I love the way the polenta makes a crust! I can't remember where the recipe came from but I have made it my own and perfected it.

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