Immune Boosting Wellness Soup, extracting its antioxidants from garlic, mushrooms, onions, chilies and kale along with turkey, for the perfect winter wellness soup.
Course Soups
Cuisine Health
Keyword Immune Boosting Wellness Soup
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 1 hourhour15 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour45 minutesminutes
Servings 8servings
Equipment
Large stock pot
Ingredients
2Large Turkey Thighsor 6 chicken thighs
3Onions rough chopped
6Cloves of Garlic peeled and rough chopped
4cupsMushrooms preferably shiitake mushrooms
2Fresh Chili peppers or red peppers
1Thyme bundle
1Fresh Oregano bundle
6cupsKale, Swiss chard or other dark leafy greens
2tbspLemon juice some zest
2tbspSalt
1tspBlack pepper
2tbspOlive Oil or coconut oil
4qtsHot water
Instructions
In a large pot, over medium heat, place olive oil and sear both sides of turkey thighs or chicken thighs, sprinkled with a little salt and remove from the pot.
Add the onions, garlic and chili peppers, stir and sweat the onions.
Add enough hot water (preferably already boiled), to come halfway up the pot. Add the remaining salt, lemon, thyme, oregano, mushrooms and return the thighs to the pot, cover and simmer on medium low for an hour.
Remove turkey from the pot, cool enough to handle and chop into bite size chunks.
Return the turkey meat to the pot, cool enough to handle and chop into bite size chunks.
Return the turkey meat to the pot, add kale or chard, cover and simmer just until the kale looks wilted. Don’t over cook the kale.
Your nutrient-dense soup is ready; feel better!!
Notes
Don’t be shy to make a big batch, if you usually cook for one or two. This soup freezes beautifully in smaller airtight container portions for other days.