Healthy golden healing chicken turmeric soup is everything you want when you’re searching for comfort and nourishment together. In this warming great recipe, we are combining loads of veggies, protein-packed chicken, turmeric, ginger, and all the goodness of bone broth. The little secret ingredient (red curry paste) pairs so well with turmeric and coconut milk. It’s a big hit with the whole family – the kind of soup you’ll want to sip this soup up over and over again!
Thank you to Perfect Supplement for sponsoring this recipe! All opinions and thoughts are my own.
Healing chicken soup with ginger and turmeric
Whether I am under the weather with a sore throat or am just looking for a feel-good delicious recipe, soup is always one that I always gravitate towards.
This warming bowl is so comforting, especially when the weather is a bit chilly.
I am all about adding more goodness to my meals, and this soup does just that.
It has tons of flavor, nourishment for the whole body, and so many good-for-you ingredients – the best chicken soup!
What makes this nutritious soup so healing and good for you?
Bone broth – Perfect Supplements bone broth powder gives you all the goodness you would find in homemade bone broth like collagen, glucosamine, and all the other natural ingredients. Gut healing properties and nourishing! I love that the only ingredient is simply organic free-range chicken bone broth powder. You know what you’re getting with zero added fillers.
Chicken – Protein-packed with needed amino acids, full of vitamins and minerals, and helps with feeling full for longer
Turmeric – Turmeric is naturally full of anti-inflammatory properties
Ginger – Ginger is loaded with antioxidants which are important for a healthy immune system
Kale – Kale is full of fiber, vitamin C, K, iron, calcium, antioxidants and so much more (and it’s just so tasty!)
Healthy ingredients you’ll need for this recipe
- ghee (or avocado oil)
- boneless skinless chicken breast
- sea salt
- pepper
- onion
- celery
- carrots
- fresh garlic
- fresh ginger
- vegetable broth or homemade chicken bone broth
- turmeric
- thyme
- bay leaf
- red curry paste
- kale
- full fat coconut milk
- Perfect Supplements bone broth powder
How to make this healing chicken soup recipe
Scroll down to view the recipe card below for the full ingredients list, nutrition facts, and step-by-step instructions.
- Heat a large dutch oven (or a large pot) to medium heat and add the ghee. Once melted, add the chicken breast, ½ tsp sea salt, and ½ tsp pepper. Sear on one side for 4-5 minutes, flip, and sear on the other side for 4-5 minutes. You’re looking for a nice golden color on the chicken.
- Add the onion, celery, and carrots into the pot, along with the remaining sea salt and pepper. Saute the veggies with the chicken for 3-4 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger and saute for 1 minute.
- Next, pour in the broth. Stir in the turmeric, thyme, bay leaf, and red curry paste. Simmer for 20 minutes, or until the chicken is fully cooked through.
- Remove the chicken from the soup and turn the heat off. Shred chicken, or dice tit into bite-size pieces. Stir in the kale and coconut milk. Next stir in the bone broth powder. Lastly, add the chicken pieces back into the soup.
- Serve as is, with your favorite crusty bread, or even over rice!
Watch me make this homemade chicken soup
The full how to video can be watched below, or on my YouTube channel!
Substitutions
Below you’ll find a list of substitutions that will work well in this good chicken soup recipe.
If you try something different out, please leave a comment below letting us all know how it turned out!
Ghee – Butter, olive oil, and avocado oil are all good alternatives.
Chicken breast – You can substitute chicken thighs for the chicken breast, or purchase a rotisserie chicken and remove the chicken meat from it. Cooking a whole chicken at home and using the chicken from it will work too! Turkey works too! You can also make this soup vegetarian and add a can of chickpeas instead of using chicken.
Fresh garlic – If you don’t have fresh cloves of garlic on hand, use dried garlic.
Fresh ginger – Dried ginger will work here too.
Vegetable broth – Don’t have vegetable broth on hand? You can use chicken broth or even just water – the soup will still be incredibly flavorful!
Coconut milk – Can’t use coconut milk? Use heavy cream instead.
Kale – Swiss chard or spinach are good alternatives to kale. Amp up the veggies and add diced sweet potatoes into the mix.
Turn this into a chicken noodle soup by adding a package of egg noodles!
More delicious soup recipes to try
Healing Chicken Turmeric Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp ghee or avocado oil
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
- 1 tsp sea salt divided
- 1 tsp pepper divided
- 1 onion diced
- 2 celery diced
- 3 carrots diced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tbsp ginger grated
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 2 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp red curry paste
- 1 bunch of kale stems removed and chopped
- 1 can full fat coconut milk
- 4 scoops Perfect Supplements bone broth powder
Instructions
- Heat a large dutch oven (or a large pot) to medium heat and add the ghee. Once melted, add the chicken breast, ½ tsp sea salt, and ½ tsp pepper. Sear on one side for 4-5 minutes, flip, and sear on the other side for 4-5 minutes. You’re looking for a nice golden color on the chicken.
- Add the onion, celery, and carrots into the pot, along with the remaining sea salt and pepper. Saute the veggies with the chicken for 3-4 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger and saute for 1 minute.
- Next, pour in the broth. Stir in the turmeric, thyme, bay leaf, and red curry paste. Simmer for 20 minutes, or until the chicken is fully cooked through.
- Remove the chicken from the soup and turn the heat off. Shred chicken, or dice tit into bite-size pieces. Stir in the kale and coconut milk. Next stir in the bone broth powder. Lastly, add the chicken pieces back into the soup.
- Serve as is, with your favorite crusty bread, or even over rice!
Nutrition
If you try this healing turmeric soup recipe, I’d love it if you left a star rating and comment below letting me know how it turned out!
XO
Heather
Originally published November 2020. September 2022.
17 comments
Sooooo comforting, my family loved this. I’m definitely going to keep this one in my fall/winter soup rotation!
I’m so glad your family loved this one Brooke!
Sooooo comforting, my family loved this. I’m definitely going to keep this one in my fall/winter soup rotation! Also first time cooking with ghee and I loved the flavor it gave the chicken and broth! So good.
It’s such a good combo 🙂
This is a family favourite in our our, even my pickiest eater loves it and requests it all the time!
Thank you so much for sharing this phenomenal recipe❤️
I’m so glad everyone loves it, Janet! Thank you so much for sharing! ❤️
Delicious and easy to prepare soup. My husband has a cold and I made this soup. He ravished two bowls of it.
That’s fantastic! It’s my go-to soup when I’m sick too 🙂
I love this soup and have made it a few times since a friend shared it with me about a year ago. I follow the recipe similar to what’s written but usually up the vegetables a bit because I like lots of veggies in my soup! (I usually make a double batch but 3x on the veggies.) I’m wondering if it works well with boneless skinless chicken thighs? I just bought all the ingredients today to make it (I’m trying to fight off a cold!) but I accidentally ordered thighs in my online grocery order! Do you think it would work well enough with chicken thighs instead?
Love this soup! My friend shared it with me a year ago and I’ve made it a bunch since then. I usually load it with extra veggies and serve alone or with crusty bread, rice, or salad. I’ve made it for friends battling illness and welcoming new babies. ❤️ Thanks for sharing this recipe! It’s a keeper.
Also feel free to disregard my previous question about chicken thighs. I had looked for recipe notes before and missed the “substitutions” section of the recipe on my phone… I see that you’ve already posted that chicken thighs are a fine substitute. 🙂 thanks!
Yay, I’m so glad it’s been a hit for you, Emilie! Looking forward to hearing how you like it with chicken thighs! Both options are delish, in my opinion 🙂
This is so yummy and comforting. Sometimes I add roasted butternut squash, or white beans. Or both! Just depends on what I have in the pantry. Trying my best to sneak in fiber and plant nutrients where I can. Also, I use rotisserie chicken lately. It’s actually less expensive than buying chicken breasts where I live, currently. Sad but true! But this recipe is definitely one of my favorites.
I’m so glad you found a winner Beth! Love those additions in there. Try chickpeas too if you have them, they’re yummy in it!
Very tasty! I substituted turmeric powder for paste and I didn’t add the bone broth powder, the local grocer didn’t have either. I used a little corn starch to thicken it, and I made it in the crockpot. It was deemed a “do over”, so I’ll be keeping the recipe on hand! Thanks for sharing!
Hey Julie, glad it was a hit! Thanks so much for coming here and sharing. I appreciate it!
Can’t count how many times I’ve made this soup. It’s so delicious and is a weekly staple for us. When we have vegetarian guests we’ll throw in tofu instead of chicken.
Yay, I’m so glad you love it so much! Great to hear about the tofu swap. I’ll have to try that sometime too!