Lemon-Ginger Chicken and Rice Soup
This is not your average chicken and rice soup! Lemon and ginger root flavor this brothy and healing dish. Make this healthy soup on a cold day or when you are feeling under the weather. It is sure to help warm and heal you right up.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 large celery stalks sliced
- 3 large carrots peeled and sliced
- 1 tbsp grated fresh ginger
- 3/4 tsp ground turmeric
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 3/4 tsp dried thyme
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 2 quarts no salt added or low sodium chicken bone broth or stock
- 1/2 cup long grain white rice uncooked
- 2 chicken breasts cooked and diced
- juice and zest from one lemon
- 2 tbsp chopped parsley
Instructions
- In a soup pot, heat oil over medium heat.
- Add celery and carrots. Cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned and softened. About 10 minutes.
- Add ginger, turmeric, pepper flakes, thyme, salt and pepper. Cook another 30 seconds.
- Add broth and bring to a simmer. Simmer over medium-low heat, with lid slightly cracked, for 5 minutes.
- Add rice and return to a simmer. Continue to simmer with the lid cracked for 15 minutes.
- Add chicken and the juice and zest of one lemon and simmer for another 5 minutes. Taste for seasoning, add salt, pepper or additional lemon juice as desired.
- Serve and top with chopped parsley.