Lemon Chicken Soup
This chicken soup hits the spot when its cold out or if you have a cold! The light lemon flavor mixed with the comforting familiar chicken soup flavor is such a great combination. It kind of reminds me of having your bowl of soup and a cup of tea all at the same time. I made my own chicken stock for this, but you can of course use store bought chicken broth. Here's everything you'll need!
Lemon Chicken Soup
For the stock:
Chicken breasts on or off the bone
water
1 large or 2 small onions
a few stalks of celery
2 large carrots
3 gloves of garlic
For the soup:
The broth you made or store bought
the shredded chicken from the stock
carrots
onions
celery
salt and pepper
1/3 cup quinoa
Juice of a lemon
lemon slices for garnish
chopped chives for garnish
This soup is incredibly simple. Just throw everything into a pot and let it bowl for the stock. You don't have to peel your veggies either, you'll get the nutrients out of the skin into your broth that way. Put your chicken and vegetable into a pot and fill it with just enough water that everything is covered. boil the hell out of it until your chicken is cooked through. Take the chicken out and let it cool.
Once your broth is cooled enough, strain it into another pot. At this point you can salt and pepper the broth to taste. Put the broth on the stove to simmer and chop up the next batch of celery, carrots, and onion. Toss these into the broth to soften up. Next shred up your cooked chicken with your fingers or two forks, and toss that into the broth too! Once your veggies start to soften up, toss in your rinsed quinoa. Once the quinoa is cooked, your soup is pretty much done. Before serving, squeeze in the juice of half a lemon into the pot to start, taste it, and if you can handle more lemon, squeeze the other half in too! chop up some chives, and put a thin slice of lemon in your bowl for garnish and enjoy!!