Health Booster Chicken Soup
from Tiffany at eatathomecooks.com
Servings: 6 to 8
Calories: 372kcal
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken cleaned
- 15-30 cloves garlic minced or crushed, about 1½ bulbs
- 1 Tbs. salt
- 3-4 fresh thyme sprigs
- 2-3 fresh rosemary sprigs
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- ground black pepper to taste
- 8 cups chicken broth
- 1 celery stalk chopped
- 1 fennel bulb chopped
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 4 carrots chopped
- 1 onion diced
- ½ cup white wine optional
- 15 oz. diced tomatoes undrained
Instructions
For the chicken:
- Put chicken in large soup pot and top with garlic, salt, herbs and peppers.
- Pour chicken broth over the top, then top it off with water so that the chicken is completely covered.
- Cook it on the stovetop until the chicken starts to fall apart.
- Remove the chicken and strain the broth a bit, getting out the long stems from the spices and all the chicken bones.
- Set the chicken aside to cool a bit.
For the soup:
- Chop the veggies and saute them in oil until tender.
- Add white wine to pan with vegetables and let cook for several minutes.
- Add the veggies into the pot of broth and simmer for a while then add water.
- Take the chicken off the bones and chop it up. Add it back into the soup.
- Add diced tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper.
Nutrition
Calories: 372kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 2418mg | Potassium: 1026mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 7886IU | Vitamin C: 67mg | Calcium: 108mg | Iron: 3mg