Showing posts with label Garlic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Garlic. Show all posts

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.