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The Best Chicken Soup


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  • Author: 365 Days of Slow and Pressure Cooking
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 8 minutes (with a 5-10 minute pressure release)
  • Total Time: 28 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings 1x

Description

Healing chicken soup made with tender chicken thighs, carrots, spinach, warming ginger and turmeric, and finished with tiny pasta or couscous, all cooked quickly in the Instant Pot or low and slow in the crockpot.


Ingredients

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  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 cup diced onion
  • 1 celery stalk, sliced
  • 6 cups chicken broth
  • 16 oz boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 2 large carrots, sliced
  • 1 Tbsp fresh grated ginger
  • 1 tsp ground turmeric
  • 1/2 tsp dried rosemary
  • 1/2 tsp dried thyme
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • Fresh ground pepper
  • 1 cup acini di pepe or couscous or 1/2 cup peas
  • 1 cup chopped spinach

Instructions

Instant Pot Instructions:

  1. Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the oil and swirl around. Add in the onions and celery and saute for 4 minutes. Pour in the broth and and add in the chicken. Let it start heating up while you grab the remaining ingredients.
  2. Add in the carrots, ginger, turmeric, rosemary, thyme, salt and a few cracks of fresh pepper.
  3. Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set SOUP button to 8 minutes. (If you don’t have a soup button use low pressure for 8 minutes). When time is up let pot sit for 5 minutes then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
  4. Remove chicken and place on a cutting board.
  5. Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. Add in the acini di pepper and let it simmer and cook for about 4 minutes, until al dente.
  6. Meanwhile, chop or shred the chicken and stir it in the soup along with the spinach.
  7. Ladle into bowls and serve. 

Slow Cooker Instructions:

  1. Heat a pan over medium high heat. Add in the oil and swirl around. Add in the onions and celery and saute for 4 minutes. Transfer to the slow cooker.
  2. Stir in the broth, chicken, carrots, ginger, turmeric, rosemary, thyme, salt and a few cracks of fresh pepper.
  3. Cover and cook on low for 3 hours. Add in the acini di pepper and cook for another 15 minutes. 
  4. Remove chicken and place on a cutting board. Chop or shred the chicken and stir it in the soup along with the spinach.
  5. Ladle into bowls and serve. 
  • Category: Soup
  • Method: Instant Pot or Slow Cooker