Immune Boosting Chicken Soup
Ingredients
- 4 chicken legs
- 4 medium carrots
- 3 celery sticks
- 1 onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 inch piece of fresh ginger
- 1 inch piece of turmeric root
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 0.5 tsp black pepper
- 34 fl oz or 1 L of water
- 3 eggs yolks
- Juice and zest of 2 lemons
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Optional: fresh curly parsley to garnish
Directions
- Step 1:
Heat the olive oil in a pot and brown the chopped onion for 5 minutes on medium heat. Add the sliced garlic and stir for another minute.
- Step 2:
Add the chicken legs and brown them on all sides for about 5 minutes.
- Step 3:
Add the chopped carrots, celery, grated ginger, and grated turmeric roots (you do not need to remove the skin). Add the salt and pepper, cover with water. Bring to the boil and lower the heat. Simmer on low heat for 30 minutes.
- Step 4:
Before serving, heat the soup up. Whisk the 3 egg yolks, lemon juice, and lemon zest in a bowl.
- Step 5:
Using a ladle, add some of the soup liquid into the bowl and mix quickly, allowing the eggs not to curdle.
- Step 6:
Pour the mix into the pot and stir well.
- Step 7:
Remove the chicken and using two forks, pull the meat from the bone and shred it slightly. Return the shredded chicken to the soup and stir in.
- Step 8:
Your soup is ready to serve!
Serving Tips
You can garnish with some fresh curly parsley.
Look at that color! Enjoy every mouthful!
Storage Tips
The soup keeps in the fridge for up to 5 days. Reheat it in a saucepan over medium heat for around 5 minutes, stirring regularly.
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Lara
You could try a tbsp of apple cider vinegar.
Lara
The soup will keep for 5 days in the fridge and the texture should not be impacted, however if you freeze it with the egg in, then it might be.