A light, healthy and tasty chicken and rice soup with lemon, ginger, garlic, turmeric and cayenne pepper!
It’s soup time and this lemon ginger turmeric chicken rice soup is a great way to brighten up your day! This soup is easy to prepare, light, healthy and full of flavor! Chicken and rice form the base of the soup, with lots of vegetables, onions, celery and carrots! The flavors and aromas are built with garlic, ginger, rosemary, thyme, turmeric and lemon in addition to Cayenne pepper for a little heat! This soup is the perfect comfort food for cold winter days and it’s awesome on hot summer days and everything in between!
A light, healthy and tasty chicken and rice soup with lemon, ginger, garlic, turmeric and cayenne pepper!
Ingredient
1 tablespoon Of oil
1 cup Diced onion
1 cup diced celery
1 cup diced carrots
1 tablespoon Grated/chopped garlic
1 tablespoon grated/chopped ginger
1 teaspoon chopped rosemary (or 1/2 teaspoon dried)
1 teaspoon chopped thyme (or 1/2 teaspoon dried)
1/2 teaspoon Turmeric
1/4 Teaspoon Cayenne pepper (optional)
6 cups chicken broth
1 cup jasmine rice (or other long-grain rice)
1 Pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs (or Breasts)
1 Tablespoon Of Lemon Juice
1 tablespoon persil (chopped)
Salt and Pepper to taste
Direction
Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, add the onion, celery and carrots and cook until tender for about 7-10 minutes.
Add the garlic, ginger, rosemary, thyme, turmeric and cayenne pepper, and cook, stirring until fragrant, about a Minute.
Add broth, rice and chicken, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered until rice is only tender, about 20 minutes.
Remove the chicken, cut into slices (or shred) and return to the soup.
Add lemon juice and persil, salt and pepper to taste and enjoy!
- Option: Use boiled chicken instead of raw chicken.
- Option: at the end, add 1 tablespoon of Tahini. (Mix it into 1/4 of the broth from the soup before mixing it back into the soup.)
- Option: at the end, add 1 tablespoon of white miso paste. (Mix it into 1/4 of the broth from the soup before mixing it back into the soup.)
Nutritional information: calories 337, fat 8G (saturated 1g, Trans 0), cholesterol 78mg, sodium 446mg, carbohydrates 39g (fiber 1G, sugar 6G), protein 23G