Here’s a new, easy crockpot recipe for you! This Chicken and Sausage Creole Soup is something a little different than your typical soup. It’s filled with warm spices, hearty veggies, shredded chicken, and smokey sausage. Kinda like gumbo meets soup – it’s delicious! The soup is wonderful as is or you can serve it on top of rice – both options are a winner! One hearty serving of this soup comes to just 2 Blue WW SmartPoints/4 Green WW SmartPoints.
This is one of those super simple crockpot soups – just throw in all of your ingredients and let them cook away all day. It literally doesn’t get any easier! I used frozen chicken and okra which makes this really convenient to make. For the sausage I went with Gilbert’s Craft Sausages Andouille Chicken Sausage. You can check their store locator to see if you can find them near you. If not, feel free to substitute some turkey smoked sausage or kielbasa, whatever kind you’d like will work!
Soups are great to prep on the weekend for easy dinners and lunches. This one would be wonderful for a chilly evening or served up on game day! Make it and let me know what you think!
Makes four servings at 2 Blue WW SmartPoints/4 Green WW SmartPoints each. Serve with 1/2 cup cooked brown or white rice for an additional points. Enjoy!
- 4 Gilbert's Craft Sausages Andouille Chicken Sausages*, sliced into ¼ inch pieces
- 2 chicken breasts, ~1/2 lb (frozen is fine)
- 1 green bell pepper, sliced into thin strips, ~ 1 cup (feel free to use frozen pepper strips)
- 1 yellow bell pepper, sliced into thin strips, ~ 1 cup (feel free to use frozen pepper strips)
- 2 stalks celery, sliced into ¼ inch pieces
- 1.5 cups frozen okra pieces
- 1 15oz can diced tomatoes
- 1 15oz can chicken broth, low sodium preferred
- 3 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tsp onion powder (or sub one small onion, diced small)
- 1 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp creole seasoning blend (use your favorite brand - can also sub cajun seasoning)
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ tsp pepper
- pinch of crushed red pepper, to taste
- salt, to taste, if needed
- Put all ingredients into your crock pot and stir well.
- Cook on low heat for 6-8 hours or high heat for 3-4 hours.
- Remove bay leaf and discard.
- Remove chicken, shred, and return to the crock pot. Add salt if needed (mine didn't need any). Enjoy!
*If you substitute another sausage be sure to recalculate points. These are 2 points/link.
**Points info - the only points in the soup are from the sausages. One sausage link is 2 points. ¼ of the soup contains 1 link of sausage = 2 smart points. All other ingredients are 0 points.
SERVING OPTION: Serve with ½ cup cooked brown or white rice for an additional 3 smart points.
Nutrition info shown for ¼ of the recipe.
Nutritional information is calculated with MyFitnessPal and may vary based on brands used. Smart Points information is calculated with the Weight Watchers app and may also vary based on brands used.
I am so excited you are making one of my recipes and I would love to see how it turns out! Make sure to share it on Instagram and tag me @rachelshealtyplate and use #rachelshealthyplate so I can see your creation!
I’m a bit new to cooking healthy. Do I need to use a crockpot for this recipe? What’s the difference between a crockpot and the stove top?
I think it would be a-okay on the stovetop! You’d just want to make sure to simmer your chicken until it’s cooked, shred it, and then let everything simmer together at least 45 min or so on low. Crockpots are just nice because they cook things low and slow while you’re off doing other things!