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Chicken Soup for Bad days, Recipe 1


Sun, January 09, 2011 12:26 PM

Here is a great chicken soup recipes from the ibsgroup.org IBD section.  I personally love this recipe, it has great flavor.  I making a batch right now. 

3 quarts filtered water
1 Tbls. apple cider vinegar
3-4 Tbls. virgin coconut oil
1 medium organic, free range or kosher whole chicken, cleaned.
8 organic carrots, sliced
2-4 celery stalks
2-4 organic zucchinis, sliced
3 medium organic white or yellow onions, peeled and sliced
4 inches fresh grated ginger
5 cloves garlic, peeled and diced
2-4 Tbls. Celtic Sea Salt or Redmond's Real Salt

1 large bunch parsley
healing spices such as turmeric, cumin, or fennel may be added if desired

- Place filtered water and cider vinegar in a large stainless steel pot and let stand for 10 minutes.
- Add the oil, chicken, vegetables, ginger, garlic, and salt.
- Bring to a boil over a high heat. Let boil 60 seconds, then lower the heart and simmer with the lid on for 12-24 hours (yes, Hours).
- About 30 minutes before removing soup from heat add parsley, if desired.
- Remove from heat. Remove chicken meat from the bones and place back into the soup, discard the bones.
- Put whole pot in refrigerator over night, and skim off fat in morning. Then I divide it into 2 or 3 containers and keep one in the 'fridge and put the others in the freezer for later.

If your gut is off you may want to allow the soup to cool then puree it in batches in a blender. Or, strain out the veggies and chicken and eat only the broth.

FPO patman75
Joined Feb 8, 2009

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