Homemade Chicken Soup

This nourishing chicken soup recipe is the perfect meal to make on a cold winter night when you're craving comfort food, or even when you're feeling under the weather. This soup is packed with nutrients- tons of veggies, bone broth, and inflammation fighting turmeric.

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 30

Total Time 40

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Ingredients

2 tsp olive oil
1/2 large white onion diced
8 cloves garlic minced
1½ cups chopped carrots
1½ cups chopped celery
8 cups chicken bone broth 2 boxes store-bought broth
1 tbsp dried dill
1 tsp sea salt note: my broth was low-sodium so adjust salt to taste
cracked black pepper to taste
chicken from one small rotisserie chicken removed from bone (or ~2 chicken breasts)
1 lemon juiced
1/2 tsp ground turmeric
1 cup brown rice pasta dry
1 cup kale stems removed

Instructions

Start by prepping all of your ingredients. Dice the onion, mince the garlic cloves, chop the carrots and celery, and remove the rotisserie chicken from the bone and chop in to small pieces. If using uncooked chicken breast, see below.
In a soup pot, add olive oil and white onion on medium heat until softened. Once softened, add in the minced garlic until fragrant.
Next, add in the carrots, celery, bone broth, dried dill, salt, and pepper. Let simmer on medium- low heat for about 7 minutes.
For the chicken: If using rotisserie chicken, you can go ahead and add that in now to simmer on low. If using uncooked chicken breast, turn the heat up to medium-high and add that in to boil. I find it best if the chicken is cut into thinner pieces. Allow that to boil for ~10 minutes (or until cooked through) then remove using tongs and shred it up.
For pasta: You have two options here. 1) If serving the soup right away, you can add the dry pasta straight into the pot to cook for ~7 minutes. Note: if using this method, the pasta may absorb some liquid, so just add more bone broth or water unless you prefer a thicker soup. 2) if you plan to save this soup for later, I recommend cooking the pasta separately and adding it to each individual bowl so the pasta doesn't soak up all that broth.
Lastly, add in the turmeric and lemon juice. Once ready to serve, add in the chopped kale and enjoy!

Notes

NOTE: Turmeric can stain clothing and countertops so be careful when cooking or eating this soup :)

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