A quintessential comfort food, super easy, nutritious and delicious. This Chicken Soup gives you kisses from the inside of your belly!
Course Main Course, Soup
Cuisine International
Keyword chicken soup
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Total Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 4people
Calories 397kcal
Ingredients
1onion
2-3cloves garlic
1inch fresh ginger
1Tbspchili pasteají amarillo is my favorite
3-4stalks celery
2carrots
2-3sprigs thyme
6cupschicken broth
1lbschicken breast
1cupquinoa
1/2cupfrozen peas
1lemon
sea salt
pepper
Instructions
Peel onion, garlic, and ginger. Chop onion and garlic, and grate ginger.
Peel carrots and thinly slice. Cut celery into small pieces.
Preheat a large pot over medium-low heat and once hot, add a drizzle of olive oil and fry onions, garlic, and ginger in it until the onion is translucent. Then add chili paste and stir-fry for a few more seconds.
Add carrots and celery, thyme, and chicken broth, as well as sea salt and pepper is needed, and bring to a boil. Once boiling, add chicken breasts, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 15 mintues.
Remove the chicken and place on a cutting board, add quinoa to the pot and cover again and set a timer for 15 minutes.
In the meantime, use two forks to shred the chicken.
When there are 5 minutes left on the timer, add the shredded chicken back into the pot and also frozen peas. Stir often.
Turn off heat and drizzle juice of one lemon into the pot, give one last stir and serve immediately.