Kick It Immune Boosting Chicken Soup

Name: Kick It Immune Boosting Chicken Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 8-10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 roasting chicken, skin, bones, the whole deal; 2 large onions; 10 garlic cloves; 10 g fresh gingerroot (use to taste); 2 chilies (discard seeds for less heat); 2 stalks celery; 2 carrots; 1 cup diced sweet potatoes (or both) or 1 cup parsnip (or both); 1 cup shiitake mushroom; 1 cup soup mix; pearl barley; red kidney beans; split peas; black-eyed peas; green lentil; 1 1/2-2 liters chicken stock

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Recipe by Highland Hedy

This is a hearty, spicy chicken soup that will give your immune system a huge boost and (in my opinion) kick any cold or flu!!!!! It does have a bite!! I cook this up at the sign of a cold and it does the trick. You can opt not to use the chilli - however Chilli gives your metabolism a hit and also shakes up any nasty mucus on your chest.

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READY IN: 2hrs 20mins

SERVES: 8-10

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

roasting chicken, skin, bones, the whole deal
2

large onions
10

garlic cloves
10

g fresh gingerroot (use to taste)
2

chilies (discard seeds for less heat)
2

stalks celery
2

carrots
1

cup diced sweet potatoes (or both) or 1 cup parsnip (or both)
1

cup shiitake mushroom
1

cup soup mix
pearl barley
red kidney beans
split peas
black-eyed peas
green lentil
1 ¹⁄₂ - 2

liters chicken stock

DIRECTIONS

Dice onions, chilli, ginger and sweet potato/parsnip.
Dice or crush garlic.
Slice celery, carrots.
Wash chicken inside and out and place into a large stock pot.
Put all ingredients into the pot and cover with chicken stock.
Bring soup to the boil, then simmer for approx 2 - 2.5 hours or until the chicken falls of the bone.
(I use a pressure cooker to cook mine for approx 1 hr).
Pull chicken out of soup and discard all bones and large clumps of fat.
Return chicken meat to soup.
For a variation, try adding a ham hock to the ingredients as well!
This chicken soup does have a bite, but it it will sweat out all those nasty cold bugs!
Enjoy!

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