The Most Delicious Chicken Soup!

A quintessential comfort food, super easy, nutritious and delicious. This Chicken Soup gives you kisses from the inside of your belly!

Chicken soup has been a form of love for centuries. I love to pamper my family by cooking, and a bowl of hot soup almost always hits a sweet spot. Whether is a Creamy Asparagus Soup or a hearty Crockpot Lentil Soup, it always brings out a smile.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 onion
• 2-3 cloves garlic
• 1 inch fresh ginger
• 1 Tbsp chili paste – ají amarillo is my favorite
• 3-4 stalks celery
• 2 carrots
• 2-3 sprigs thyme
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 1 lbs chicken breast
• 1 cup quinoa
• 1/2 cup frozen peas
• 1 lemon
• 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.

Is chicken soup healthy?

This particular chicken soup is packed with macro and mico nutrients. The more vegetables you add the better it is for you.