5 Ingredient Chicken Soup Recipe – Quick, Easy Homemade Meal

5 Ingredient Chicken Soup Recipe – How to Make a Simple, Easy Homemade Dinner Meal with Healthy Ingredients – with the short video tutorial.

Chicken soup with 5 ingredients

This 5-ingredient chicken soup is an easy, hearty meal that the whole family will enjoy. Best of all, you can adapt the simple recipe to suit your tastes and dietary needs.

We love chicken soup as a meal all year round, but especially during the winter months as a comforting meal to keep us nourished and healthy.

The simple ingredients for 5-ingredient chicken soup

To make the simple recipe you will need the following 5 ingredients:

Chicken – you can add a piece of chicken of your choice, my choice is to use skin on bone chicken thighs, legs or wings for maximum flavor and nutrition. You can also use leftover rotisserie chicken or add a few chopped chicken breasts.

Onion – Cut the desired onion, red onion, brown onion or spring onions.

Garlic – for a rich garlic flavor, chop 3-4 fresh garlic cloves or more, depending on how much garlic flavor you want in your soup.

Carrots – always an essential part of chicken soup for me. I keep my carrots unpeeled because of the added beneficial fiber, but feel free to peel them if you prefer.

Apple cider vinegar – to both balance the soup’s flavor and add incredible potential nutritional benefits, a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar is a must in chicken soup recipes. (Source.)

Optional additional ingredients

There are so many ways you can adapt the simple recipe to suit your tastes, dietary needs and what you have in your kitchen. Here are some ideas for you:

Spices – you will notice that the recipe does not contain any spices, that is, you will have to leave it to yourself to add sea salt, black pepper or other herbs or fresh herbs that you like to use in your meals to satisfy your taste buds.

Chicken noodle soup with 5 ingredients – turn the soup into a comforting noodle soup by adding egg noodles during the last few minutes of cooking.

Creamy topping – finish your bowl of hot soup with a dash of sour cream, whipped cream or cream cheese for extra flavor and healthy fats.

Fresh Vegetables – During the last few minutes of cooking, feel free to add another vegetable you like, such as chopped broccoli, zucchini, celery, peas, or corn.

Chicken soup recipe with 5 ingredients

• 1 kg/2.2 lbs chicken
• 1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
• 3-4 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
• 2-3 Large Carrots, chopped
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

1. Heat olive oil or butter in a large stockpot over medium heat on the stovetop.
2. Meanwhile, open the chicken and sprinkle on a few shakes of optional spices, such as salt and black pepper, to taste.
3. When the large pan is hot, add the chopped onion and garlic and cook until soft, adding more oil or butter if necessary.
4. Once the onion and garlic are soft, add the raw chicken and stir the chicken frequently to brown on all sides.
5. Add the chopped carrots and cook until the chicken is lightly browned.
6. Pour cold water over the chicken and vegetables, add the apple cider vinegar and more salt and pepper to taste and bring the soup to the boil.
7. Once boiling, reduce heat to low, cover the pot with a lid and simmer gently for 1 to 1.5 hours, or until the chicken is tender and the soup is seasoned to your liking.
8. Enjoy the chicken stock right away or let the finished soup cool completely, refrigerate overnight, and enjoy a more flavorful soup the next day. Store leftovers in an airtight container and enjoy within a few days.

Easy recipe video tutorial

Here is the video for making the homemade chicken soup with 5 ingredients. Press play or below click here to watch on YouTube.

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