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Nourishing Chicken Soup
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Nourishing Chicken Soup

15 ingredients Serves 6 openrecipes

Traditional style chicken soup, full of nutritious vegetables to help ward off colds and flu - Jewish penicillin!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

491
Calories
39g
Protein
6g
Fat
73g
Carbs

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Barley 1 cup cooked (157g) 193
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bell Pepper 1 medium (119g) 31
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Chili 1 tsp (2.7g) 8
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1.5 - 2kg chicken
  • 2 litres water
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 large stalks celery, chopped
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 3 medium carrots, diced
  • 1 green pepper, diced
  • 1/2 cup pearl barley
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 inch fresh ginger, peeled and grated
  • 1 tsp parsley flakes
  • 1 tsp thyme flakes
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  • Ground black pepper, to taste

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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