Health Booster Chicken Soup
from Tiffany at eatathomecooks.com
Servings: 3 to 4
Calories: 351kcal
Ingredients
- 3-4 chicken breasts on the bone
- 10-15 cloves garlic minced or crushed
- ½ Tbs. salt
- 1-2 fresh thyme sprigs
- 1 fresh rosemary sprig
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- ground black pepper to taste
- 4 cups chicken broth
- ½ stalk celery chopped
- ½ fennel bulb chopped
- ½ red bell pepper chopped
- 2 carrots chopped
- 1 small onion chopped
- ¼ cup white wine optional
- 3 cups water
- ½ 15 oz. can 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 stove top until the chicken starts to fall apart.
- Then 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: 351kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 51g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 145mg | Sodium: 2590mg | Potassium: 1517mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 7690IU | Vitamin C: 62mg | Calcium: 85mg | Iron: 2mg