Immune Boosting Chicken Soup

This nourishing Immune Boosting Chicken Soup is chock full of carrots, celery, bok choy, onion, garlic, ginger and curry.  It’s one of those rich winter soups you’ll want to make to boost your immune system during cold and flu season.

This healthy chicken soup is loaded with fresh organic vegetables and seasoned with ginger, garlic and a wee bit of curry.  It’s a richly flavored immune boosting soup that you’ll want to make time and time again.

A cold wet winter day begs for a big pot of piping hot soup simmering on the stove.  This chicken detox soup checks all of the boxes for me.  It’s  easy and light and deeply flavorful.  It’s rich with foods to boost your immune system and provides anti-inflammatory and detoxifying benefits.  This is a delicious detox soup your whole family will love!

Healthy Chicken Soup Recipe

This immune boosting soup is crowded with fresh organic produce, cooked free range chicken, garlic, ginger and curry.

• Extra virgin olive oil
• Onion
• Carrots
• Celery ribs
• Fresh ginger
• Garlic 
• Curry powder
• Chicken stock
• Water
• Cooked chicken
• Scallions for garnish
• Fresh cilantro for garnish

How to Make Chicken Soup

This easy chicken soup recipe comes together in about 30 minutes start-to-finish.

1. Heat the olive oil in a large pot.
2. Add the onion, carrots, celery and ginger  and cook for 6-7 minutes or until the onion is soft and translucent, stirring occasionally.
3. Toss in the garlic, and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes, until the garlic is fragrant, stirring occasionally.
4. Add the curry powder, chicken stock, and chicken and stir to combine.
5. Continue to cook until the soup reaches a simmer. Then reduce heat to medium-low, cover with a lid, and let the simmer for about 20 minutes.
6. Garnish with scallions and cilantro.

In the past, I’ve added jasmine rice to this healthy chicken soup (which will slightly thicken the broth a bit and add a nice depth of flavor). I’ve also added buckwheat noodles. But my favorite is to add a generous heaping of cauliflower rice to the bottom of my bowl, then ladle the piping hot soup over the top and toss in a fistful of daikon sprouts for good measure.

Serving Suggestions

Serving soup with a big tossed salad nicely rounds out a meal.  You could serve this soup with either this Crunchy Detox Salad, Everyday Detox Salad, or this simple Spinach Berry Antioxidant Salad.

Looking for More Healthy Chicken Soup Recipes to Make?

• Nourishing Lemon Chicken Quinoa Soup
• Chicken Tortilla Soup
• Spring Chicken Vegetable Soup
• Soupe au Pistou
• Italian Chicken Vegetable Soup

Originally published 12.2018 – updated 1.2020

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Yield: 6 servings

Immune Boosting Chicken Soup

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

This Immune Boosting Chicken Soup is chock full of good-for-you ingredients (carrots, celery, bok choy, onion, garlic, ginger and curry). It’s a perfect soup to make when you’re feeling under the weather.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 small onion, diced
• 2 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 2 celery ribs, sliced
• 1 3-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and sliced into slivers
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1-1/2 cups bok choy (about 2 small heads), chopped
• 1-1/2 teaspoon curry powder
• 6 cups chicken stock
• 1 pound cooked chicken, shredded
• fresh cilantro
• fresh daikon sprouts

Instructions

1. Heat the olive oil in a large pot. Add the onion, carrots, celery and ginger and cook for 6-7 minutes, until the onion is soft and translucent, stirring occasionally.
2. Add the garlic, and cook for an additional 1-2 minutes, until the garlic is fragrant, stirring occasionally.
3. Add the curry powder, chicken stock, and chicken and stir to combine.
4. Continue to cook until the soup reaches a simmer, then stir in the bok choy.
5. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover with a lid, and let the simmer for about 20 minutes.
6. Garnish with daikon sprouts and cilantro.