Garlicky Chicken Soup Recipes

BASIC CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Bring chicken, water, and 1 tablespoon salt to a boil in a large stockpot. Skim foam. Add onions, celery, and garlic. Reduce heat. Simmer, partially covered, for 30 minutes.
• Remove breast, and set aside. Add carrots. Simmer, partially covered, for 40 minutes.
• Remove remaining chicken; discard back and wings. Let cool slightly. Remove meat from bones, and cut into bite-size pieces.
• Stir in desired amount of chicken; reserve the rest for another use. Skim fat. Season with salt.

CHICKEN GARLIC GINGER HEALING SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pan.
• Add fresh garlic, fresh ginger, and onion.
• Cook for 3-4 minutes. Add Ginger paste, cayenne pepper, and salt & pepper. Cook for an additional 3-4 minutes, stirring often.
• Add the chicken broth, water, chicken, and carrots.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes (feel free to cook on low for up to an hour).
• Add spinach and let cook for 5 minutes just before serving.
• Note: you can also add mushrooms, to add in more antioxidants. Simply add to the soup at the same time you add the carrots.

GARLICKY CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat olive oil over low heat.
• Add onion, carrots, celery, bay leaves, thyme and sage and cook until onions softens and becomes translucent, about 8 minutes,,stirring occasionally.
• Add garlic and cook for 1 minute on medium-high heat.
• Add broth, white pepper, salt, and cauliflower florets; increase heat to high and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to low; cover pot and simmer until carrots are softened, about 6 - 8 minutes.
• Add chicken cubes and bring soup back to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes longer or until chicken is cooked through and there is no pink showing in the chicken.
• Adjust seasonings to taste.
• Remove bay leaves and discard.
• Serve soup hot.
• Refrigerate any unused portion.
• NOTE: If you like a spicy soup, add about 1 teaspoon of Mexican Chili Powder and some Cayenne Pepper.
• I also went very light on the amount of salt used, so the soup could be somewhat bland, add salt to your taste.

SPICY GREEN GARLIC CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Season chicken legs generously with salt and pepper. Pour olive oil into a Dutch oven or similar pot over medium-high heat. Add chicken legs and brown well, about 3 minutes per side. Remove and set aside. Add diced yellow onion and cook, stirring frequently, until browned and softened, about 5 minutes. Add carrots, celery, bay leaf and clove and return chicken to pot.
• Add 10 cups water and 1 tablespoon kosher salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until chicken is tender, but not falling off the bone, about 1 hour. Turn off heat and skim fat from surface of broth. (May be prepared up to this point several hours ahead, or up to a day in advance, and refrigerated.)
• While chicken is cooking, prepare the green garlic shoots: peel tough outer layers and roots, then rinse well. Split shoots lengthwise and chop both white and tender green parts. Set aside.
• Make the tomatillo salsa: drain diced white onion and transfer to a small bowl. Add tomatillo, jalapeño, lime juice and a little salt and stir together.
• Just before serving, reheat soup, add chopped green garlic to pot and simmer 5 minutes. To serve, put one chicken leg in each bowl (alternatively, remove meat from bone and shred) and ladle soup over it. Pass tomatillo salsa and lime wedges at the table.

ROASTED GARLIC/CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Place garlic heads,upright,in a shallow 8 cup casserole, ovenproof, dish.
• Pour a 1/2 cup of chicken stock over the garlic.
• Bake in 350°F oven for 1 hour.
• Allow buds to cool, then squeeze the garlic puree from the skins.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large skillet,stir in the dill.
• Add bread cubes and toss, cook until cubes are crisp (about 5 minutes), set aside.
• In a saucepan combine the 4 cups of chicken stock, chicken, garlic puree, wine, salt & pepper.
• Bring to a boil.
• Preheat the broiler.
• Pour hot soup into 4 oven proof soup bowls.
• Add croutons, sprinkle with the cheese.
• Broil for 3 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly and serve.

CHICKEN GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• Make the chicken broth by simmering chicken, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, parsley, salt and pepper in enough water to cover.
• When the chicken is thoroughly cooked, remove it and skim the fat from broth.
• Simmer broth, reducing it until it is very rich.
• Add the flour and butter to a small amount of broth and mix with a wire whisk until velvety.
• Pour this mixture into the remaining broth.
• Tear chicken into bite-sized pieces and add to the soup.
• Sprinkle with fresh parsley and serve.