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Ultimate Chicken Soup
This nourishing and healing chicken soup recipe is loaded with poached chicken, carrots, parsnips, celery, leek, onion, garlic and fresh herbs. It's a great cold weather soup! Watch the video below to see how I make it in my kitchen.
Prep
10 min
Cook
20 min
Total
30 min
Serves
4
Instructions
- 01
Saute the veggies. Heat the oil in a large pot on medium heat. Add the carrots, parsnips, celery, leek, and onion to the pot and cook for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the garlic, salt, and pepper, and stir for another minute.
- 02
Poach the chicken. Add the thyme, tarragon, bay leaf, chicken, and broth. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and cover the pot. Simmer the soup for 15 minutes, or until the chicken is fully cooked.
- 03
Shred the chicken. With tongs, remove the chicken to a cutting board and then gently shred the chicken with two forks. Place the shredded chicken back into the pot and simmer for an additional 1 to 2 minutes.
- 04
Serve. Remove the sprigs of thyme, tarragon and the bay leaf. Stir in the parsley, and garnish with additional fresh parsley and black pepper before serving.
Nutrition
per serving · 1 serving
- Calories
- 319
- Protein
- 21g
- Carbs
- 38g
- Fat
- 11g
- Fiber
- 9g
- Sugar
- 11g
- Sat. fat
- 2g
- Sodium
- 822mg
- Cholesterol
- 36mg
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