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Detox Cabbage Soup Immunity Boosting


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  • Author: Mila Furman

Ingredients

Serves 4-6 people

  • 1 large onion, sliced into small dice

  • 2 carrots, sliced into rounds

  • 2 leeks, sliced into small rounds

  • ½ a large head of cabbage or 1 small cabbage, cored and cut into squares

  • 1 large Idaho or Russett potato, cut into medium cubes 

  • 5 cloves of garlic

  • 1 2 inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled

  • 2 2 inch pieces of fresh turmeric, peeled 

  • 1 15 ounce can of diced tomatoes

  • 2 bone in chicken breasts

  • 4 cups water or chicken broth

  • 3 scallion, sliced

  • Dill and Parsley to finish (optional) 

  • Zest and Juice of 1 lemon (optional)

  • Olive oil

  • Salt and Pepper to taste


Instructions

  1. Add in the onions, carrots and leeks. Allow to sweat.

  2. Add the garlic, ginger and turmeric into a food processor and process until finely minced. You can also use a microplane for this.

  3. Add the turmeric mixture into the pot and continue to cook for 5 minutes.

  4. Season with salt and pepper.

  5. Add in the water, chicken breasts and tomatoes.

  6. Bring up to a boil. 

  7. Once the soup boils add in the potatoes and cover with a lid, leaving it partially covered. 

  8. Once the potatoes are tender, pull out the meat, remove the bones and shred it. 

  9. Add all the fresh herbs into the soup and add in lemon zest and juice if desired.

  10. Add the shredded chicken back in and enjoy!

Notes

  • Sweating means we are not caramelizing the vegetables.You want them to become soft and translucent.
  • The black pepper is crucial to this recipe! The capsaicin helps the turmeric be absorbed by the small intestines. Otherwise about 50% of your turmeric is absorbed. You can also use cayenne pepper if you prefer as it has the same active ingredient as black pepper. 
  • Make sure to slice the leeks, then thoroughly wash them in cold water. They have lots of dirt on them so you want to rinse very well.