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Turmeric Chicken Soup with Cabbage and Coconut
by Katie Kimball at Kitchen Stewardship
Serves 6-8
I really should have posted this hearty, warming soup back when it was colder (wait, did it ever get cold here this past winter?), but this is so delicious, I just have to share it. Turmeric has a lot of healthful properties and gives a gorgeous pale yellow color to this soup, and the coconut isn’t overpowering. I love cabbage in soups, but if you don’t, you can substitute another vegetable – the author of this recipe recommends adding cauliflower, and we’ve put frozen green peas in too. I highly recommend this tasty twist on the typical chicken soup recipe!
Ingredients
2 Tbs. butter
1/2-1 c. diced onion
8 c. chicken stock
2 large potatoes, diced
3-4 carrots, sliced
a quarter of a large cabbage, sliced/diced thinly
1/3-1/2 c. coconut cream (or a can of coconut milk)
2-3 c. cooked shredded chicken
1/2-1 tsp. dry ground turmeric
1 tsp. dried parsley
1-2 tsp. salt
1/4-1/2 tsp. black pepper
Directions
1. Melt butter over medium heat. Saute the onion for 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until translucent (or browned, to your preference).
2. Add the stock, potatoes (peeled or unpeeled), carrots and cabbage and bring to a boil.
3. Reduce heat to a simmer for about 10 minutes, then add the remaining ingredients and cook until potatoes and carrots are completely soft.
Notes (from the author)
* What’s coconut cream you ask? It’s the same thing as coconut butter, kind of a cross between coconut oil, coconut milk, and dry desiccated coconut – a thick paste (solid at cool room temps) that is great for baking. On the jar it says that a teaspoon in a cup of water makes coconut milk, so I tend to add it to soups and stir fries instead of buying a whole can of coconut milk.
* If you don’t have any coconut cream or coconut butter, a can of coconut milk will do just fine (try to find one with the fewest ingredients).
* I get cooked shredded chicken from making chicken stock or leftover from roasting a whole chicken. Too much work to cook chicken just for soup!
* What to do with the rest of the cabbage? Some awesome ideas (and why cabbage is a great buy) here.
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