Heal Me Chicken Soup

This chicken and rice soup is my go to when I'm sick, but today I added in extra goodness to power up before a week of cooking for clients when I was feeling a little under the weather with a sore throat today and needed some healing nutrients. So I added in some lemon and turmeric for extra goodness and it was so comforting and so delish. I had to share it with you all!

Recipe:

1 large or 2 small organic chicken breasts (bone in skin on if poss)

1 yellow onion, finely diced

2 cloves garlic

1 inch piece of ginger

1 inch piece of turmeric

2 large carrots, diced

4 sticks celery, diced

1 bay leaf

4 sprigs fresh thyme

2 tsp ground turmeric

Juice of 1 lemon

3 fluid quarts organic chicken bone broth

1/3 cup jasmine rice

Olive oil

Salt/Pepper to taste

In a large Dutch oven pot, over a medium heat, sauté the onion, celery, carrot, grated ginger and turmeric and garlic with the fresh thyme and bay leaf, with a generous guzzle of olive oil until softened. Season with salt/pepper to taste. You could also add in some other veggies like zucchini or mushrooms here.

Once sauteed and the onions are translucent, add in your ground turmeric and black pepper (which activates the Curcumin in the turmeric which has powerful anti-oxidant properties).

Add in the chicken breast whole and your chicken bone broth liquid. You can use homemade or I like some brands at the grocery store like Kettle Fire.

Let it boil for 20-30 minutes to cook the chicken through and then remove the chicken and shred. Then stir in the shredded chicken, and lower the heat to a low-medium to simmer for another 30-40 minutes.

But 20 minutes before you're ready to eat the soup, add in your jasmine rice to cook away until softened.

Stir occasionally.

Just before serving, add in the juice of one lemon.

Remove the thyme stems.

Serve and enjoy the healing power and comfort of this delicious soup!