Makes 8 servings.
Approximate cooking time: 60 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 Tbs coconut or olive oil
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 medium carrot, chopped
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp sea salt, divided
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper, divided
- 2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 4 cups broth (chicken, vegetable, beef, or bone broth are all fine)
- 6 cups water
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 oz jalapenos, canned and diced
- 1 large yam, diced
- 1 bunch swiss chard, chopped (or kale or any greens you love)
- 1 bunch green onions, sliced (whites and greens)
- juice of 1 lemon
Instructions
- Heat large pot over medium-high heat. When hot, add oil, onion, garlic, carrot, thyme, and oregano, and saute until onion is softened and slightly translucent (about 10 minutes), stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, mix 1/4 teaspoon sea salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper in a medium bowl. Cut chicken thighs into 1" cubes and toss in sea salt and black pepper mixture.
- Add chicken to pot and continue to cook for another 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Reduce heat to medium, add broth, water, bay leaf, jalapenos, yam, chard, and green onions and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Just before serving, season with remaining sea salt, black pepper, and fresh lemon juice.
6 Comments
Jared
Was decent, but bland, ended up adding another 3 cups of broth and more salt, in addition to some chili garlic sauce to make it fun to eat.
LarkS
This was terrific! I used fresh thyme rather than dried, increased the oregano to 1 tsp. I added 3 bouillon cubes with the water, and garnished with raw pumpkin seeds. Filling, pretty, and delicious!
bunny
I used smoked pork chops instead of chicken and pumped up the heat with cayenne. More better!
ChicagoCavemen
This was a terrific soup! I used 1 tsp of oregano and thyme, 1 tsp of cayenne pepper, 3 bay leafs, 2 chicken bouillons, added a green and yellow small zucchini – chopped, 6 shredded chicken breasts and substituted 8 c of chicken broth and 2 c of chicken stock (from the boiled chicken breasts I used). Really made the soup hearty and filling!
Erinmiriam77
I don’t understand why they use chicken thighs. I’d rather use chicken breast. This soup was bland. Needs some help.
Fiona
This Recipe was delicious! Both me and my husband loved it and it lasted us for a while! The only thing I changed was added a little more sea salt.