Monday, April 8, 2013

Quick Chicken Soup

This recipe is real simple and quick. The recipe calls for lots of garlic and turmeric. So it automatically becomes a fix for your itchy throat especially during allergy season. My baby loves this soup especially when she is down with cold and wants just something warm to drink.

Ingredients:
  • Swanson Organic Chicken Stalk - 1 carton (32 oz)
  • Garlic cloves: 8-10 
  • Turmeric - 1 tsp
  • Crushed black pepper:1 tsp
  • dash of Sea Salt
  • Oregano: 1/2 tsp
  • Onion  1/2 cup fine chopped
  • Organic boneless skinless chicken thighs: 8-10 oz
  • Egg - 1 count
  • Oil - 2-3 tsp
Method:
  • Rinse and chop chicken into bite size pieces and marinate with a pinch of salt, turmeric, oregano and about 1/2 tsp of oil and set aside.
  • Heat remaining oil in a vessel and add garlic cloves when oil is hot. Crush the garlic cloves inside the oil using a potato smasher. Stir fry garlic cloves till they turn golden brown.
  • Add turmeric, chopped onions and oregano and stir fry till onions become translucent.
  • Add marinated chicken pieces and stir  fry till chicken is had cooked.
  • Add chicken broth and bring to boil.
  • Boil for about 10 minutes or till chicken pieces are fully cooked.
  • Beat egg is a bowl and pour it into the boiling soup.Stir continuously so that egg spreads out well in the boiling liquid.
  • Add sea salt and black pepper.

To serve:
  • Serve hot.
  • To add a little extra taste, add a teaspoon of vinegar and Serrano peppers when serving.



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