Nourishing Chicken & Rice Ginger Soup

Name: Nourishing Chicken & Rice Ginger Soup
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 1 tosp olive or coconut oil; 3 green onions, sliced; 2 cloves garlic sliced; 1 green chilli, deseeded finely chopped; ½ tsp turmeric; Black pepper; 60g short grain rice (I used arborio); 800ml chicken stock; 20g ginger, peeled & finely sliced into matchsticks; 20-230g cooked and shredded chicken; Juice of ½ - 1 lime; Generous pinch coriander leaves; Sesame oil

6 steps

Updated at: Wed, 29 May 2024 18:36:53 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Nutrition per serving

Calories356.5 kcal (18%)

Total Fat12.9 g (18%)

Carbs45.1 g (17%)

Sugars8.1 g (9%)

Protein14.5 g (29%)

Sodium583.6 mg (29%)

Fiber1.4 g (5%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

2 servings

1 tospolive oil

2 clovesgarlic

deseeded finely chopped

½ tspturmeric

black pepper

60gshort grain rice

I used arborio

800mlchicken stock

20gginger

peeled & finely sliced into matchsticks

20gchicken

0.5lime

Instructions

Step 1

Place a medium saucepan on a medium low heat. Add the oil followed by the green onion, garlic and chilli. Saute until fragrant and slightly caremelised.

Step 2

2. Add the turmeric & black pepper. Stir.

Step 3

3. Stir in the rice until coated and pour in the chicken stock. Bring to a simmer and add the ginger. Cover with a lid.

Step 4

4. Leave to simmer gently on a medium low heat until rice is tender. It's important you leave this to simmer gently otherwise you will lose too much liquid.

Step 5

When the rice is almost cooked add the chicken, lime juice and some fresh coriander leaves. Stir everything and check seasoning and adjust if necessary (you may need more lime juice. If it needs more salt add a little soy sauce. Bring back to a steady simmer and it should be ready.

Step 6

6. Remove from the heat and serve with more coriander and toasted sesame oil