Healing Chicken and Vegetable Soup
Servings: 4
This Healing Chicken and Vegetable Soup is one of the most nutritious and nourishing meals about. A delicious immune boosting soup.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 5 clove/s garlic - crushed or finely grated
- 1 tbsp ginger root - finely grated
- 8 boneless and skinless chicken thighs - diced
- 1 ltr chicken broth or stock
- 1½ tsp sea salt - if your broth is already salted reduce to taste
- 10 shiitake mushrooms - sliced
- 4 carrot/s - sliced
- ½ broccoli - broken into florets
- 2 red capsicum/s - diced
- 1 zucchini/s - diced
- 1 bunch/s fresh coriander leaves - chopped
Instructions
- Place a large pot over a moderate heat with the oil, garlic, ginger and chicken thighs.
- Stir-fry over a moderate heat for 5 minutes until the chicken looks translucent.
- Add the broth, sea salt and shiitake mushrooms and bring to a simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Then add the carrot, broccoli, capsicum and zucchini and cook for 5 more minutes to slightly soften the vegetables.
- Check the seasoning. Sea salt really brings out the flavour in this simple soup.
Serve
- Serve with the fresh coriander leaves.
Make-ahead
- Re-heat in a pot over a low heat until just hot.
Store
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer.