Nothing summons the desire for a hot soup like a drop in temperature outside, and no doubt the thought of a poultry broth is making you excited about tonight’s dinner menu. Chicken soup is not only a fabulous flu fighter as the days get cooler here in Australia, but it is a a healing haven for any ailment.. We combined the warming spices of ginger, turmeric and cinnamon for igniting digestive fire on those cool days and dulse (a seaweed) rich in minerals, especially iodine, for a healthy thyroid function. Have this recipe at the ready for when you’re feeling something hearty and totally healing.
Asian Healing Chicken Soup
Prep time 15 minutes
Cooking time 40 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 small brown onion, finely diced
- 1 thumb of ginger, finely grated
- 1 clove of garlic, crushed
- 1 cm turmeric root, finely grated or ½ tsp ground turmeric
- 1 sprig of coriander roots and stems, finely chopped
- 1 cob of corn
- ½ sweet potato, ½ cm dice
- 1 carrot, ½ cm dice
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- ¼ teaspoon coriander
- 1 star anise, whole
- 1 cinnamon stick, whole
- 1 dried shitake mushroom or 2 fresh
- 1 whole chicken breast (free-range)
- 500mls chicken stock
- 2 teaspoon tamari
- 1 teaspoon mirin or ½ tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon dulse
- 1 teaspoon black sesame seeds
- Salt and pepper to taste
How to make it:
- In a frypan over medium heat melt coconut oil, add in onion and fry for 3 minutes
- Add garlic, ginger, turmeric and coriander stems and continue cooking another 2 minutes.
- Add in vegetables and spices and stir until well coated with spice mixture.
- Add in stock, tamari, mirin and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add in whole chicken breast and shitake mushroom and poach chicken for 15 minutes.
- Remove chicken breast from soup mixture and finely shred meat, and return to pot with dulse.
- Serve in bowls and garnish with coriander and black sesame seeds.