Lighter Roasted Garlic Chicken Soup Recipes

CHICKEN GARLIC GINGER HEALING SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pan.
• Add fresh garlic, fresh ginger, and onion.
• Cook for 3-4 minutes. Add Ginger paste, cayenne pepper, and salt & pepper. Cook for an additional 3-4 minutes, stirring often.
• Add the chicken broth, water, chicken, and carrots.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes (feel free to cook on low for up to an hour).
• Add spinach and let cook for 5 minutes just before serving.
• Note: you can also add mushrooms, to add in more antioxidants. Simply add to the soup at the same time you add the carrots.

ROASTED GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• Cut off top 1/4 inch of each garlic head. Place in a small, shallow baking dish. Drizzle olive oil over. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) until golden, about 1 hour. Cool slightly. Press individual garlic cloves between thumb and finger to release. Chop garlic.
• Melt butter or margarine in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic, leeks, and onion; saute until onion is translucent, about 8 minutes. Add flour and cook 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in hot broth and sherry. Simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool slightly.
• Puree soup in batches in a blender or food processor.
• Return soup to saucepan, and add cream. Simmer until thickened, about 10 minutes. Add lemon juice to taste. Season with salt and white pepper. Ladle into bowls. Garnish with chives.

LIGHTER ROASTED GARLIC CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Cut the top 1/4 inch from each garlic clove and remove most of the outer skin. Spray tops with PAM.
• Place in a small baking dish and Bake in a 325 oven for 1 1/2 hours.
• Remove & when cool enough squeeze out all the cloves and chop.
• Place all the ingredients, except the rusk in a pot.
• Bring to a boill and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile cut the rusks into cubes, or use ready made croutons.
• Serve floating the rusk bets on top of the soup.

ROASTED CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a stockpot over medium-high heat, saute the onion, carrots and celery in oil for 5 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the flour, oregano, thyme and poultry seasoning until blended. , Gradually add the broth, potatoes and salt; bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender., Stir in chicken and noodles; simmer for 10 minutes or until noodles are tender. Reduce heat. Stir in milk; heat through (do not boil).

ROASTED GARLIC/CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Place garlic heads,upright,in a shallow 8 cup casserole, ovenproof, dish.
• Pour a 1/2 cup of chicken stock over the garlic.
• Bake in 350°F oven for 1 hour.
• Allow buds to cool, then squeeze the garlic puree from the skins.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter in a large skillet,stir in the dill.
• Add bread cubes and toss, cook until cubes are crisp (about 5 minutes), set aside.
• In a saucepan combine the 4 cups of chicken stock, chicken, garlic puree, wine, salt & pepper.
• Bring to a boil.
• Preheat the broiler.
• Pour hot soup into 4 oven proof soup bowls.
• Add croutons, sprinkle with the cheese.
• Broil for 3 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly and serve.

CHICKEN GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• Make the chicken broth by simmering chicken, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, parsley, salt and pepper in enough water to cover.
• When the chicken is thoroughly cooked, remove it and skim the fat from broth.
• Simmer broth, reducing it until it is very rich.
• Add the flour and butter to a small amount of broth and mix with a wire whisk until velvety.
• Pour this mixture into the remaining broth.
• Tear chicken into bite-sized pieces and add to the soup.
• Sprinkle with fresh parsley and serve.