Sniffles got you down? You need a bowl of Immune Boosting Chicken and Rice Soup to warm your soul and heal those sniffles!
Immune Boosting Soup
So what makes this immune boosting? The turmeric! It gives the soup this gorgeous color and helps to fight against all those winter bugs! Turmeric is a strong antioxidant with powerful anti-inflammatory effects! My mother stirs a little into her morning cup of tea and loves it! She hasn’t gotten sick since she started! Turmeric is in a lot of currys (like this kid friendly recipe), so this soup has a bit of a Thai flare to it!
One Pot Soup Recipe
This Immune Boosting Chicken and Rice Soup is a one pot recipe! It all starts with the chicken. The next time you’re at the grocery store pay attention to all the options. Sometimes there will be packages with chicken already chopped up and ready for stir fry! That’s what I grabbed this time around. One less piece of prep work and less dishes to clean! Once the chicken starts to cook, add the veggies to get soft. After the seasonings go in, the broth and rice join the pot. The rice will cook and absorb all the flavors! You can get creative with the rice. White rice, brown rice, and wild rice all work well here!
Benefits of Turmeric
Turmeric makes home cooking more exciting! Remember that gorgeous color I was telling you about? Look how orange the turmeric is! The soup is more orangey until you add the coconut milk, then it turns a little more creamy and light in color. Turmeric has been used for hundreds of years, and it hasn’t been until recently that we have been finding out about the amazing health benefits. Some of these include:
- Helps decrease inflammation
- Helpful for arthritis
- Antioxidant properties
- Improved brain function
- Lower risk of heart disease
If your kids aren’t rice fans, you could add pasta instead if you want! You won’t have to cook the soup as long, so just add your pasta when the recipe calls for rice and let cool for 7-9 minutes or until the pasta is cooked through!
Chop up your bell peppers as tiny as you want! I like to keep mine more chunky so that you can see their beautiful color. Sometimes kids will eat veggies better in a soup of they are cut very small. I use a food chopper to get them into really tiny pieces that are easy for kids to chew and also decrease texture sensitivities. We hope you enjoy this Immune Boosting Chicken and Rice Soup!
Looking for more chicken soup recipes?
- Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
- Healthy Irish Chicken and Dumpling Soup
- Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Slow Cooker Chicken Vegetable Soup
- Creamy Chicken and Tortellini Soup
- Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
Immune Boosting Chicken and Rice Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound chicken breast
- 1 medium sweet potato peeled and diced
- 1 medium bell pepper, red chopped
- 1 small onion diced
- 2 teaspoon turmeric, ground
- 1 teaspoon ginger root, fresh
- 3 teaspoon garlic
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 4 cup chicken broth, low-sodium
- 3/4 cup long-grain rice
- 1 can coconut milk, unsweetened
- 1/4 cup chopped basil, fresh
Instructions
- Place a large skillet/enamel pan on medium heat and drizzle with olive oil.
- Chop up chicken breast to desired size and let cook in pan for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the sweet potatoes, bell pepper, and onion to chicken and stir. Cook until onions are softened and begin to brown.
- Add turmeric, ginger, minced garlic, salt, and pepper and stir until fragrant.
- Add chicken broth and rice and bring to a boil. Reduce to simmer and then cover and let cook for 15 minutes.
- Add coconut milk (I used light) and basil and let cook for 3 more minutes. Taste to make sure the rice and sweet potatoes and tender, and serve warm!
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