Description
This Curry Chicken Soup recipe is loaded with tender chicken and hearty veggies and makes for the perfect, feel-good soup. It’s packed with fresh ginger, garlic, turmeric, and bone broth. Caribbean-style curry powder, ground allspice, fresh thyme, and more kick up the West Indian flair here, too. My friends, it’s the best chicken soup recipe you’ll ever make and a deeply comforting + cozy staple!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil (or olive oil)
- 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
- 3 large carrots, thinly sliced on a bias
- 2 celery stalks, finely diced
- 8 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 1 tablespoon curry powder, preferably Jamaican-style
- 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice, preferably Jamaican-style
- 1 ½ – 2 lbs boneless/skinless chicken thighs (or chicken breasts)
- 1 tablespoon fresh-grated ginger
- 1 bay leaf
- 8 sprigs fresh thyme, destemmed
- Kosher salt & fresh ground black pepper- to taste
- 64 ounces (8 cups) chicken bone broth
- 1 ½ cups dried pearl couscous
Instructions
- In a large dutch oven or stock pot, heat the oil over medium heat. When hot, add the onion, carrots, and celery. Sauté the veggies, stirring often, until tender and lightly golden, about 10-12 minutes. Then add the garlic and continue cooking until the garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the curry powder and ground allspice and stir the spices with the veggie mixture, toasting the spices for about 1 minute.
- Then add the chicken thighs into the pot and stir the chicken to combine with the spices and aromatics. Add the grated ginger, bay leaf, fresh thyme, salt/pepper- to taste, and cover the chicken with the bone broth. Stir the mixture well to fully combine.
- Cover the pot and simmer the soup for 25-30 minutes over medium-high heat; or until the chicken is cooked through.
- After simmering, reduce the heat to medium-low. Use a slotted utensil to remove the chicken and transfer it to a cutting board or rimmed baking sheet and shred the chicken with two forks. Return the shredded chicken to the pot and stir well with the soup broth.
- Add the dried couscous and stir to combine with the soup. Cover the pot and cook over medium-low heat for 9-10 minutes until the couscous is tender.
- Remove from heat and discard the bay leaf. Taste the soup and adjust with salt/pepper to your desired preference as needed. Ladle the curry chicken soup into serving bowls immediately. Enjoy!
Notes
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