Lemon Chicken Chickpea Soup
 
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Filled with warming spices like turmeric, ginger, and cumin, and the additions of a lemony bone broth, this soup is one that satisfies your need for goodness and nourishment.
Alison:
Serves: 6 servings
Grocery List
  • 1 whole chicken
  • 6 cups chicken broth or stock
  • 2 T. olive oil + extra
  • 1 c. chopped onion
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 2 tsp. chopped fresh ginger
  • 1 tsp. turmeric
  • 1 tsp. cumin
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. pepper
  • The zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 cans chick peas (garbanzo beans)
  • 2 c. kale
  • 1 c. rice (optional) or 4 c. prepared rice
Here's how...
  1. Instructions for cooking the chicken are in the blog post, but the preferred method is to cover the chicken with salted water and boil until the meat is cooked. May add bones back in and cook overnight in the crock pot or several hours on the stove top to make a bone broth if desired.
  2. To a large soup pot, add 2 T. olive oil to a large pot and heat to medium.
  3. Add in onion and sauté for several minutes until onions are tender and translucent.
  4. Add garlic and ginger and sauté and additional 2-3 minutes.
  5. Add in a bit more olive oil and then 1 tsp. each of turmeric and cumin and stir to toast the spices and release the flavors.
  6. Add in chicken stock or broth and then the following ingredients: salt, pepper, lemon juice and zest, bay leaves, rice if desired, and rinsed chick peas.
  7. Bring the whole thing to a boil and then reduce to a simmer for 15 minutes. If you plan to serve it over rice instead of adding the rice to the soup, this would be a great time to cook up a few servings of rice.
  8. Add in the chopped kale leaves and simmer an additional 15 minutes.
  9. Add in the cooked chicken and let it get warm, season to taste with salt and pepper, remove the bay leaves, and then serve it up!
Recipe by That Which Nourishes at https://thatwhichnourishes.com/lemon-chicken-chickpea-soup/