This chickpea chicken soup is the perfect hearty soup if you want protein and fiber in one easy and nourishing meal! It’s made with vegetables, chickpeas, shredded chicken, and a hearty bone broth.

Chickpea chicken soup topped with chopped parsley in a white dutch oven.

Quick Overview

  • Servings: 4
  • Calories: 506
  • Protein per serving: 49g
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diet types: Gluten-free, dairy-free & soy-free
  • Flavor notes: Hearty and savory

Why You’ll Love This Chickpea Chicken Soup

One of my New Year’s resolutions for 2026 was to eat more soup and bone broth! It’s warming, it helps you slow down while you eat, and it’s easy to make it anti-inflammatory. I have continued all year loving soup all times of day. I have so many great soup recipes on my blog like Greek lemon chicken soup and egg drop soup, but wanted to add a new recipe for a protein and fiber filled soup that is perfect for back to school season. This chickpea chicken soup is filled with satisfying chicken bone broth, which I love to make with my recipe for slow cooker chicken bone broth, chicken, veggies, and chickpeas.

Here’s why you’ll love this chickpea chicken soup…

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  • Quick and easy! From start to finish, this recipe is done in 30 minutes and perfect for a weeknight dinner!
  • Protein and fiber! These are both nutrients I love getting in my meals and this recipe hits both of them, while also being delicious!
  • This is my go-to breakfast soup. If you follow me on Instagram, you may hear me talk about breakfast soup all of the time. I actually love eating soup for breakfast (like my egg drop breakfast soup) but this is my go-to. It’s so filling, and it’s 10x more balanced and nourishing than a bowl of cereal.

Reader Review

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This soup really hit the spot! It’s already feeling Fall-ish where I am, so this was perfect today!” – Eileen

Ingredients & Substitutions

See the recipe card below for full information on ingredients and quantities.

  • Ghee. You can also avocado oil.
  • Yellow Onion, Carrots, White Sweet Potato, and Celery.
  • Chicken Bone Broth. I love to use my homemade chicken bone broth or you can buy chicken bone broth.
  • Chickpeas.
  • Chicken Breast. I use fully cooked and shredded chicken in this recipe, so you could use a rotisserie chicken or other pre-prepped chicken.

How to Make Chickpea Chicken Soup

Here are the simple steps, with photos, to make this recipe. Find full instructions in the recipe card.

A Dutch oven with cut up veggies and garlic being sauted.

Step One. Saute the vegetables

A Dutch oven filled with all the ingredients and broth.

Step Two. Add the broth, seasonings, and chickpeas. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer for 15 minutes.

A Dutch oven filled with all the ingredients for Chickpea Chicken Soup as the chicken is being mixed in.

Step Three. Add the cooked chicken, lemon juice, and frozen peas. Simmer on low for another few minutes to heat the chicken.

Chickpea chicken soup topped with chopped parsley in a white dutch oven.

Step Four. Serve topped with fresh parsley! 

Michelle’s Tips & Tricks

  • Use my whole chicken bone broth. This is one of my favorite ways to make this recipe! I start by making my whole chicken bone broth, and then use the chicken and broth to make this soup. You can most definitely just make it with the ingredients listed, but this is my go-to method to make chicken bone broth.
  • Taste as you go and switch up the herbs and seasonings. This recipe is great with savory poultry-style herbs, but the flavor of the broth may call for more or less herbs.

Other Gluten-Free Soup Recipes to Try…

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Chickpea chicken soup topped with chopped parsley in a white dutch oven.
5 from 2 reviews

Chickpea Chicken Soup

Yield: 4
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Author: Michelle
This chickpea chicken soup is the perfect hearty soup if you want protein and fiber in one easy and nourishing meal! It's made with vegetables, chickpeas, shredded chicken, and a hearty bone broth.
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Ingredients
 

  • 2 Tbsp Ghee, sub avocado oil
  • ½ yellow onion, diced
  • 2 carrots, peeled and diced
  • 1 white sweet potato, peeled and diced
  • 2 stalks celery, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • Salt and pepper
  • 6 cups chicken bone broth
  • 1 tsp dried sage
  • 2 tsp dried thyme
  • 1 15 oz can of chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 1 lb Chicken Breast, fully cooked and shredded
  • ½ cup Peas, Frozen
  • 1 Lemon juiced
  • 2 tbsp parsley, chopped

Instructions
 

  • Using a large pot, heat the ghee over medium heat.
  • Add the onion and sauté for 3-4 minutes. Add the carrots, white sweet potato, celery, and garlic, and lightly season with salt and pepper. Sauté for 4-5 more minutes or until lightly tender.
  • Add the broth, seasonings, and chickpeas. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer for 15 minutes.
  • Add the cooked chicken, lemon juice, and frozen peas. Simmer on low for another few minutes to heat the chicken.
  • Serve topped with fresh parsley!

Notes

Use my whole chicken bone broth. This is one of my favorite ways to make this recipe! I start by making my whole chicken bone broth, and then use the chicken and broth to make this soup. You can most definitely just make it with the ingredients listed, but this is by far my favorite way to make bone broth!
Serving: 1g, Calories: 506kcal, Carbohydrates: 49g, Protein: 49g, Fat: 14g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 4g, Trans Fat: 0.01g, Cholesterol: 92mg, Sodium: 332mg, Potassium: 1132mg, Fiber: 13g, Sugar: 11g, Vitamin A: 10195IU, Vitamin C: 32mg, Calcium: 119mg, Iron: 5mg
All nutrition facts are estimated and will vary.
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