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Healthy Homemade Celery Carrot Chicken Soup. The BEST quick & easy Chicken Soup! So much flavour & goodness, perfect for a kitchen supper with family & friends | berrysweetlife.com
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Healthy Homemade Celery Carrot Chicken Soup
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
35 mins
 

Made from scratch with baked chicken, fresh vegetables and vegetable broth. Incredibly warm, comforting, flavourful and scrumptious!  This chicken soup will give you a healthy boost for sure. 

Course: Soup
Cuisine: American
Servings: 2
Calories: 278 kcal
Author: Sal
Ingredients
  • 2 chicken breasts
  • Olive oil
  • Dried herbs
  • Black pepper
  • 1 onion finely chopped
  • 1 large clove garlic finely chopped
  • 2 carrots finely chopped
  • 3 sticks celery finely sliced
  • 2 sprigs fresh basil
  • 1 cup chicken broth low sodium
  • 1 cup boiling water
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 160°C.
  2. Place the chicken breasts on a sheet of silver foil and brush them on both sides with olive oil, sprinkle on both sides with generous amounts of dried herbs and black pepper. Wrap the chicken up in the silver foil ensuring no juices will be able to seep out.
  3. Bake the chicken in the middle of the oven for 25 minutes.
  4. Fry the onions and garlic in 1 tbsp olive oil until glassy. Then add the celery and carrots and fry for about 1 minute. Now pour in the chicken broth, the cup of boiling water and the basil sprigs. Simmer on a medium heat for 20 minutes until the carrots are tender.
  5. Take the chicken out of the silver foil and using two forks, pull the chicken apart until it is finely shredded . Add the chicken to the soup and stir in.
  6. Pour into bowls and enjoy hot!
Recipe Notes

Notes: Double or triple the recipe to make a bigger batch of soup.