Healing Tavern Tonic Soup
A warm, nourishing tavern-style soup brewed with gut-loving ingredients like ginger, turmeric, miso, and lemon—perfect for sick days, slow days, or whenever your body needs a little healing magic.
Servings: 5 servings
Equipment
- 1 Large Pot
- 1 wooden spoon
- 1 sharp knift
- 1 Cutting Board
- 1 ladle
- measuring spoons and cups
- small grater for fresh ginger and turmeric
- soup bowl and spoon for serving
Ingredients
- ½ - 1 lbs cooked chicken
- 1 onion diced
- 3-5 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger grated
- 1 tbsp fresh turmeric grated
- 1 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
- 4 cups low sodium chicken broth or bone broth
- 1-2 cups water
- 2 lemons juiced
- 2 carrots chopped
- 2 celery stalks chopped
- 1 tsp rosemary fresh or dried
- 1 tsp thyme fresh or dried
- 1 tsp sage fresh or dried
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 pinch ground cumin
- ½ cup white or brown rice
- 1 cup spinach chopped
- 1 tsp miso paste added off heat to preserve its gut friendly creatures
Instructions
- In a large pot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and saute until soft and fragrant, around 5 minutes.
- Stir in garlic, ginger, cumin, turmeric, carrots and celery. Cook another 3-4 minutes until slightly softened.
- Add broth, water, thyme, rosemary and sage. Bring to a gentle boil, then reduce to a simmer.
- Stir in rice and simmer uncovered for 20-25 minutes, or until rice and veggies are tender.
- Add in the cooked chicken and spinach. Simmer 2-3 more minutes until spinach is wilted.
- Remove from heat. Stir in lemon juice and miso paste. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.
- Ladle into your favorite wooden bowl and sip slowly.