Happy New Year!! 2018 is here, and most of us are likely starting to feel the sugar crash of the holidays coming on. Regardless of whether or not you’re doing a full on sugar detox or Whole30 for the new year, getting in more nutrient dense and healing foods is always a plus. Even more of a plus is foods that are also detoxifying! Thus, my first recipe of 2018… Anti-inflammatory Turmeric Chicken Soup! It’s anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, and paleo, AIP, and whole 30 compliant.
But first, let me explain what I mean when I say “detox” here… because you may be thinking… ‘Isn’t that just a spammy buzz word?” Yes, and no. Yes if you’re just calling anything detoxifying because it’s low in calories, but certain vegetables do help support our detox pathways. What makes this soup a “detox” soup is not only the number of veggies but a secret ingredient… golden beets! Beets actually support the natural detox pathways in your liver by stimulating bile flow.
Not to mention it’s an anti-inflammatory powerhouse soup!  Spices like turmeric and ginger both help to ease inflammation in the body. Turmeric is known to be a powerful anti-inflammatory when taken as a supplement, and when ingested in our food, and it really adds an amazing flavor as well. The spices aren’t the only anti-inflammatory ingredients here… the bone broth also helps to soothe the gut lining.
With nourishing bone broth, nutrient dense veggies, detoxifying beets, anti-inflammatory turmeric, and more, this soup is the perfect way to start the new year off with a bang.
The Benefits of this Anti-inflammatory Turmeric Chicken Soup
- The bone broth is filled with gut healing nutrients that soothe the gut
- Golden beets help support your natural detox pathways
- It’s packed with anti-inflammatory spices like turmeric and ginger
- Ginger also helps aid digestion
- It’s full of vegetables! Can’t argue with that 😉
The Ingredients You’ll Need & Substitutions
Chicken bone broth and coconut cream
Chicken bone broth works best for this soup to add in more gut healing nutrients. Bone broth can also help to ease inflammation in the gut and soothe the gut lining.
Coconut cream makes this soup creamy, but you can easily leave this out and sub more broth if you don’t tolerate coconut.
Chicken
Pre-cooked and shredded chicken is what I used for this soup.
Golden Beets
Ah ha… the secret ingredient for actually supporting your detox pathways. Beets assist the liver in the natural detox process by actually stimulating the bile flow and increasing the enzymatic activity. Many fat digesting enzyme supplements are made with beets! So, eating them actually does support our detox pathways.
The golden beets in this soup are far less earthy than purple beets, and they won’t stain the soup red. I find golden beets easily at health food stores like Whole Foods, Sprouts, and Natural Grocers.
Carrots, cauliflower, celery, onions, and kale
These are the main veggie ingredients in this soup. You can mix it up a bit, but these yield the best flavor and are the best combination for this soup.
Turmeric, ginger, and parsley
Turmeric is the main spice here and really takes center stage with its rich color! Turmeric is known to be anti-inflammatory as well as ginger. Parsley adds a layer of freshness and flavor.
Detox Turmeric Chicken Soup (Paleo, AIP, Whole 30)
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- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 3 celery stalks, chopped
- 2 medium golden beets, peeled and chopped
- 4 carrots, peeled and chopped into half moons
- 2 cups cauliflower, chopped
- 5 cups chicken bone broth
- 1 cup coconut cream (optional.. sub more bone broth)
- 10–12 oz chicken, cooked and shredded
- 1.5 cups kale, destemmed and roughly chopped
- 2–3 tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp black pepper (omit for AIP)
- Sea salt to taste
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley (plus extra for garnish)
Instructions
- Using a large pot, melt 2 tbsp of coconut oil on medium heat
- Add the onion and sauté for 4-5 minutes or until translucent
- Add in the carrots, celery, cauliflower, and beets and sauté for 4-5 minutes or until lightly softened
- Pour in the broth and coconut cream and stir until creamy.
- Season with turmeric, ginger, salt, and pepper and stir until the soup is a rich golden color.
- Add the chicken and parsley and stir.
- Simmer on medium heat for 20-25 minutes or until vegetables are softened to liking.
- Stir in the kale and simmer for another 5 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and allow to slightly cool before serving.
- Serve topped with parsley.
This soup is so nutrient dense and delicious! It’s the perfect thing to batch cook at the start of the week to have nourishing meals all week long. It’s rich flavors really spice it up and add so much more interest than just plain old chicken soup.
This soup is best fresh or stored in the fridge for 2-3 days, but you can also experiment with freezing it.
Have a happy and healthy new year, and enjoy this tasty soup!!
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I made this soup tonight for my lunch tomorrow. It’s delicious.
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Thank you so, so much Ali!! I’m so happy you like it!
Not bad, not bad at all. Next time I’m leaving the chicken out and I will puree it. Thanks! Great combination of ingredients.
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. My whole family LOVED IT!!!!
Thank you so much! I’m so happy that you liked it!!
Such a delicious, hearty, healthy soup! My family loved it! Will make it again and again. The golden beets are sometimes hard to find so one time I just omitted it and the next time I used sweet potato. I made it again today with the golden beets. So good! Either way it was delicious!
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Thank you so much Maheen!! I’m so happy you liked it!
One of my favorite soups! Came upon this recipe while searching for different foods I could make with turmeric. Now every time I see golden beets in the stores, I have to make this soup!
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Yay!! Thank you so much, Trish!!!
I’m always so skeptical about making soup but I went for it because it has all of my favorite ingredients. This soup is soooo delicious!!! I didn’t make mine creamy because I like to add lemon to my soup but still is yummy!
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Thank you so much Silsa! LOVE the idea of using lemon in this. I love lemon-y soup too 🙂
got your “10 steps to heal your body” and the link the to the orange chicken poppers takes me to cauliflower recipe instead! Gonna try some of these recipes, Is there another place that I can find the orange chicken poppers recipe?
Sounds delicious! Recommendations on how to make if I don’t have an instapot pls?
I would try and cut the time in half and see how it goes 🙂
Could I make this in the instant pot?
I’m sure you could do it and just cut the time down.
This is one of the best soups I’ve ever made! I’ve made this twice in one week. So much flavor, color, and comfort. Thanks for your creative mind so other mama’s don’t have to think too hard about dinner 🙂
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Thank you so, so much Cournety!! I’m so happy you like it 🙂
This recipe is a keeper that I will make often. Only change I made was doubling the ginger and adding curry powder. The organic bone broth I used was not as flavorful as I would have liked so I addded 2 liquid Trader Joe’s chicken flavor pacs. Thank you!
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I love this soup. The golden beets and coconut cream make it taste great!
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Thank you so much, Katherine!! So happy you like it!!
Since our first round of Whole 30, this soup has become a staple in my house. My husband and I absolutely love it. So does my 2-year-old!! I feel like I am giving my family the best nutrition possible when I serve this.
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How do I make the organic bone broth at home? Or where do I buy it? What brand is best?
I like the brand, Kettle & Fire, but there are a lot of good chicken bone broth recipes online 🙂 Super easy!
Love the golden beet root, never would have thought of that.
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So glad you like it, Jen! I love the flavor 🙂
I decided to make this tonight for the first time. I knew that I would like it but to my surprise my husband and 6, 9 and 11 yo kids also liked it! I had to make them stop eating it just so I would have some left over for my lunch tomorrow! I have moderately persistent asthma and am looking for any ways to help decrease the inflammation in my lungs. My goal is to cross off the 1/2 marathon run that is on my bucket list. Thank you so much for the delicious recipe!
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I’m so happy it was a hit, Tali!! Sending tons of love on your journey.
This looks great! When you say 1.5 cups kale, do you mean before or after destemming and chopping? Thanks!
Oh My, Oh my! Yum! Yum! Absoulutely Delicious and beautiful to prepare. Thank you so very very much for sharing this out of this world recipe. Be well always.
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Thank you so much, Rani! So glad you liked it!!!
I make this soup at least twice per month. I LOVE it. It’s so good with some chopped avocado on top. Also, subbing parsley for green onions is delicious! Can’t say enough good things about this soup!!
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Thank you so much Katie!! So happy you like it!