Healing Lemon Chicken Soup
This immune boosting soup is made from scratch and with the purest and freshest of ingredients to heal the body.
Ingredients
- Homemade Bone Broth
- 2 rotisserie chicken carcass
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 red onion skin on and quartered
- 1/2 tbsp dried turmeric
- 2 carrots cut in half
- 2 celery stalks cut in half
- 1 tbsp peppercorns
- 2 garlic cloves
- filtered water filled to the top
- Healing Lemon Chicken Soup
- 5 cups homemade bone broth or any broth preferred
- 2 cups of cooked shredded chicken
- 2 celery stalks sliced
- 3 carrots peeled and sliced
- 1 lemon juiced
- 1 zucchini cut lengthwise and sliced
- 2 Yukon potatoes diced
- 1 tbsp chopped thyme
- 1 tbsp chopped oregano
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley
- 1 tsp of turmeric
- 1/2 yellow onion diced
- 1 garlic clove finely chopped
- olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Homemade Bone Broth
- Add all ingredients into a stalk pot or crockpot and cook on low for 6-9 hours. I prefer to do mine for 9 hours but if you're short on time, 4 hours will do. Keep in mind, the longer the better for homemade bone broth.
- Check on the broth every few hours and add more water if needed.
- Once cooking time is complete, add a large bowl in the sink and a fine mesh strainer on top.
- Gently pour the broth through the strainer and discard all the veggies, carcass, etc...
- Allow broth to cool in the bowl before storing it in the fridge or freezer. I don't season mine until I cook with it but you can certainly do it in this step if you prefer.
- Healing Lemon Chicken Soup
- In a large stalk pot, add the olive oil and sautee the onions, potatoes, celery, carrots, and garlic. Season with salt and pepper and cook for about 6-7 minutes.
- Add the broth, parsley, oregano, thyme, turmeric, and lemon juice. Start with 1/2 lemon, juiced and if you like it lemony like me, add the other half. Cook until potatoes are almost soft, about 20 minutes.
- Add the zucchini and chicken and cook for another 10-12 minutes or until zucchini is soft but not mushy.
- Season with more salt and pepper and serve.