• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

How Daily

Food, recipes, homemade, gardening, DIY, Easy recipes

  • Features
    • Sushi Venture
    • Vegan and Vegetarian
    • One-Bowl Special
    • Weight-Loss Journey
  • Home & Garden
    • Green thumbs
  • Recipes
    • Appetizers & Sides
    • Desserts
    • Drinks & Beverage
    • Main Entrée
    • Salad
    • Sauce, Dip & Season
    • Snacks
    • Soup
  • Holiday Events
    • Celebration & Party
    • Christmas
    • Easter
    • Halloween
    • Thanksgiving
    • Valentine
  • Foodie Guides
  • Kitchen Gadgets
  • Contact
    • Work with Us
You are here: Home / Recipes / Soup / Chayote Squash Chicken Soup

Chayote Squash Chicken Soup

January 30, 2018 By Victoria

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

A light, warm, and hearty soup always is the most welcome during this cold season.  Combine of only a few ingredients, this chayote squash chicken soup will surely replenish your skin and body from all the dehydration.

Chayote Squash Chicken Soup Recipe
Easy Chayote Squash Chicken Soup

For this soup, any type of meat would work. However for more crunch, use the rib meat or those with tendon intact, or simply boiled some skinless drum sticks. Also searing chicken before adding soup will help them absorb the aromatic and keep the flavor in.

Young chayote squash

You should always try to pick the youngest chayote squash as they will be less grain and skinny stuff. Just remember that chayote will be cooked fast, so only add them to the very end.

Chicken soup with chayote squash and carrot
Chayote Squash Chicken Soup Recipe

Chayote Squash Chicken Soup

Course: Soup
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes minutes
Servings: 0
Author: Victoria
Light, simple and healthy chayote squash chicken soup to supplement your body of vitamins and minerals against the cold weather outside. Served as light lunch or side soup along your other favorites.
Print

Ingredients

  • 1 small breast with rib or 1 drum stick
  • 1 chayote squash
  • 1 medium/small carrot
  • 2 cup unsalted/low sodium chicken broth
  • 3 stems scalion
  • a handful of cilantro
  • 1 Tbsp oil

Instructions

  • Wash and pat dry chicken, then cut into 1-2 inch chunks, sprinkle on some salt or seasoning, mix and set aside 10 minutes
  • Finely chop scallion, separate green and white parts.
  • Remove skin, seeds, then wash chayote squash and carrot.
  • Cut into bite size or desired chunks.
  • Place your pot over medium-high heat. Add 1 Tbsp of oil and stir to coat pot bottom.
  • Add the white parts of scallion and saute for 3 minutes or until soft.
  • Add chicken into pot, sit till meat become opaque white on the outside, then pour in chicken broth.
  • Add carrot chunks, bring to boil then add chayote. Adjust season to taste.
  • When carrot/chayote is at desired tenderness, add remaining chopped scallion and finely mined cilantro.
  • Sprinkle some ground pepper and remove from heat.
  • Serve hot immediately.

Filed Under: Soup, Weight-Loss Journey Tagged With: Chayote, Chicken

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Welcome to HowDaily!

Explore fresh, homegrown flavors with our gardening tips, delicious recipes, and sustainable food insights.
Let’s cultivate, cook, and enjoy!

More about us…

Recipes

Mango fried rice

Mango Cilantro Fried Rice

Homemade Vegan Tuna Sushi Roll

Crispy Fried Chicken in The KFC Original Flavor

Tuna Lava Sushi Roll with Greek Yogurt

Homemade Yogurt: Dairy, Non-dairy, and how to make the best yogurt at home

Guides

Types of Berries

10 Most Popular Types of Berries You Should Know About

Cultural Treats from Japan: Sakuraco Snacks Box

Best Unsalted Butter for cake

Best Unsalted Butter for Cake, Buttercream & Baking – Comparing 11 popular Unsalted Butter Brands

Footer

  • Home
  • About
  • Work with Us
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Disclosure
  • Contact

Some posts may contain affiliate links to useful items that deem their values to the recipes/guides. We are a participant of the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Copyright HowDaily.com © 2025