Name: Chicken and Ginger Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 tbsp cooking oil (Olive oil or vegetable oil); 2 onions (finely diced); 3 garlic cloves (crushed); 20 g root ginger (finely diced or grated); 2 sticks of celery (finely diced); 1 potato (peeled and cubed); 100 g cauliflower (cut into florets); 500 ml chicken bone broth (I used the Freja brand. Use stock if you don't have bone broth); 500 ml water (or extra bone broth); 1 chicken breast

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Everyone needs a recipe for a comforting chicken soup and this chicken and ginger soup is exactly that. It's creamy from the potato and packed with goodness from the ginger, garlic and onions.

Bowl of chicken and ginger soup with hands

This soup is not the most pretty to look at but it's a proper bowl of comfort food. It contains lots of aromatics including ginger, garlic and onions and these ingredients are bursting with nutrients. If I feel a little under the weather, this chicken and ginger soup is exactly what I crave.

It's also a pretty economical meal. One chicken breast can stretch to feed four people. The other ingredients including potato, celery and onion are very budget friendly too.

I've used bone broth this time to make the soup but I often make it just with chicken stock from a stock cube. Feel free to use whatever is easiest for you and what you have to hand.

I love to eat this healthy chicken soup for lunch with bread, toast or lots of chunky homemade croutons. It would also work as a light dinner too. You could even make a toasted sandwich to serve with it to make it into a more filling meal.

Ingredient notes for chicken and ginger soup

Do also check out the printable recipe card further down the page. To make this soup you'll need:

Cooking oil - Use whatever cooking oil you regularly use. I usually use light olive oil or vegetable oil. Sunflower oil is also fine.
Onions - I use brown sknined onions for this as I want the soup to be a whitish colour. You could use red onion but the soup might turn a little pink!
Garlic - I usually use fresh garlic cloves but you could replace them with a garlic puree or a powder. If you use a powder, add it to the pan when you add the rest of the ingredients and not with the onion.
Root ginger - I usually use fresh root ginger but you can also use a paste or puree instead. You could even add some ground ginger.
Vegetables - I've used celery and cauliflower. They are both white/pale in colour so won't change the colour of the soup. However, feel free to use different vegetables if you want.
Potato - I use a large floury potato. You want a potato that will blend well and add creaminess and thickness to the soup.
Liquid - I used half chicken bone broth (Freja brand) and half water. However, you can use stock if you don't have bone broth
Chicken breast - I used a chicken breast as it's easy to shred. However, you could use chicken on the bone too.

How to make chicken and ginger soup

Again, check out the recipe card further down the page too.

First just prep all the vegetables. Then heat la little oil in a large saucepan and add the onion, ginger and garlic. Cook it gently so it softens but doesn't brown.

Then add the rest of the ingredients. Put the lid on and simmer for 20 minutes.

Take the chicken out of the soup and shred it or cut it up. Use a blender to blend the soup till smooth. Return the chicken to the now smooth soup and serve.

It's delicious with croutons or bread.

How to make chicken and ginger soup step by step

Can you adapt the soup?

Yes of course. This chicken and ginger soup is very easy to adapt. Add extra vegetable or different vegetables.

Feel free to leave the chicken out and add some beans or chickpeas instead. To make it a vegetarian friendly soup, just use vegetable stock instead of the bone broth.

As I also mentioned earlier, although I used bone broth, you can use stock instead even if making this soup with chicken.

If you want an extra hit of ginger, add some ground ginger as well as the root ginger. You could also fry some thinly sliced batons of ginger to use as a garnish and to add extra flavour to the soup.

Storing and reheating

This chicken and ginger soup can be stored in the fridge for up to three days. I just reheat in the microwave but you could also reheat in a small saucepan.

Can you freeze it?

Yes you can. If freezing, put it in individual containers and freeze for up to three months.

What can you serve with it?

I love to eat this soup with some bread or toast to dip in. It's also lovely with homemade croutons.

Bowl of chicken and ginger soup topped with croutons

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