Chicken soup isn’t just a great food for the cooler months because it’s warm and hearty. It can actually keep you well, and when sick, can help you recover faster.
Packed full of anti-viral, cleansing foods like onion and garlic, it’s proven to help folks get over colds and flu more quickly.
You can make this soup as loaded with these illness fighting agents, or as mild as you prefer by adjusting the amount of garlic cloves and onion that you use. And for an extra punch, I sometimes add 1/2 a teaspoon of cayenne pepper, but this is also optional.
Our family loves this soup served with a big hunk of fresh, warm bread.
Chicken Soup
Ingredients:
- 2 boxes organic chicken broth
- 2 large chicken breasts (or 3-4 small)
- several potatoes
- 1/2 to 1 whole yellow onion (depending on the intensity you’re going for)
- 2 – 4 garlic cloves (adjust according to preferred need and taste)
- 1 1/2 to 2 cups carrots
- 4 or 5 stalks celery
- salt, pepper, cayenne pepper
Instructions:
- Cut up chicken breasts into bite-size pieces, then place into pot with one box chicken broth over medium heat.
- Chop onion and celery into small pieces and add to pot. Stir.
- Using a garlic press, crush garlic directly into pot.
- Add chopped carrots, chopped potatoes, and the second box of broth.
- Stir in salt and pepper to taste.
- Add 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper for extra cleansing boost. (Optional.)
- Simmer over medium heat until all vegetables are fork tender (about 45 minutes to an hour).
That is such a simple recipe, thanks for sharing!!! Can’t wait to try it
Hope your family enjoys!!
I swear you and I are kindred spirits….we were both thinking soup for our blogs. lol The third soup in my series will be a Chicken Noodle soup…but it’s pretty involved. Yours is much easier! Will definitely give it a try!
I couldn’t agree more about the healing properties of garlic and onion. We add both to anything we possibly can….so yummy and so good for us!
How are you feeling these days? How many weeks now?
Hi, this recipe looks great. I was thinking of making a double or triple bath and freezing it. Do you think it would freeze well?
Thanks for posting!
Absolutely! I haven’t frozen any before, but I have frozen soup, like my vegetable beef stew and it always tastes great! I froze my stew in foil pans once, then reheated them in the oven, and it worked really well.
I froze it and it was good out of the freezer.
Thanks again!
I just bought all the ingredients this morning & can’t wait to make it tonight! Thanks so much, just the recipe I was looking for!
Blessings!