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Simple Chicken Soup Recipe

Simple Chicken Soup Recipe
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Feel Better Chicken Soup with lemon and ginger. A delicious and EASY low-carb, keto soup that you can make in an Instant Pot, Stove top or in a slow cooker. Simple and healthy! Add rice, quinoa, noodles or beans! (Inspired by Bon Appetit)

  • Author: Sarah
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes
  • Yield: 6
  • Category: Soup
  • Method: Stove Top, Instant Pot, Slow Cooker
  • Cuisine: American
  • Diet: Low Calorie

Ingredients

1-2 tablespoons olive oil

  • one large onion, diced (or sub 2 fat shallots, or two leeks)
  • one cup celery, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons fresh ginger, chopped
  • 4–8 garlic cloves, rough chopped (I like 8)
  • 4 cups chicken broth or stock
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/4 teaspoon white pepper (or use black pepper)
  • 1 1/2 lbs chicken thighs, boneless, skinless (or use breasts-if very large, cut in half) or bone-in chicken thighs
  • lemon juice to taste
  • pinch chili flakes
  • scallions, cilantro or Italian parsley
  • a drizzle of toasted sesame oil (optional, tasty)

Instructions

  1. STOVE TOP INSTRUCTIONS: Heat oil in a big pot or dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, celery, garlic, and ginger and sauté until fragrant, about 3-4 minutes. Lower heat to med-low and continue sautéing until golden, 3-4 more minutes.
  2. Add the chicken stock, water, salt, white pepper, bay leaves, and skinless chicken. Bring to a boil. Cover and lower heat so it’s gently simmering, covered for 20 minutes. If using breasts, check at 15. Bone-in thighs may take 25-30.
  3. Test a piece of chicken for doneness by pulling meat apart with two forks. It should come apart easily and look opaque. When done, shred the rest of the chicken, then return to the pot and simmer gently for 5 more minutes.
  4. Squeeze with lemon, taste, and adjust broth. You can add more salt of needed, or if too salty for your taste, water down with a little water. I prefer ours salty, lemony, and unctuous, especially if adding a starch (like rice, noodles or beans) which will temper the salt quite a bit. Up to you. If the soup tastes bland, it needs salt.
  5. Ladle it over cooked rice or noodles or just on its own.
  6. Garnish with scallions or cilantro (or both) and a drizzle of sesame oil if you like and chili flakes (or chili paste or sriracha).

Notes

  • Bone-in Skin-on Chicken Thighs: for the best flavor, sear the skin side first in the dutch oven or instant pot in a little oil until deeply golden. Remove and continue with recipe, sautéing onion and garlic.
  • Storage: Soup will keep 4 days in the fridge, or freeze.

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