Chicken & Lime Soup

I know we're exiting the cold weather time when soup is the choice of meal for dinner, but I just had to share this! It was DELICIOUS!! My awesome cousin, Brittnee of Journey to Fitness with a Jogging Stroller, shared this recipe with me!

Ingredients:

2 tbsp olive oil

1 medium onion, diced

1-2 carrot, peeled & sliced

1-2 stalks of celery, diced

2+ cloves of garlic, minced

1 tbsp fresh, minced ginger (I would use less if you aren't a ginger fan)

1/4 tsp cumin

salt & pepper to taste

6 cups chicken stock/broth

1-2 cooked chicken breasts, shredded 

2 tbsp cilantro, chipped

1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

Juice of 6-10 limes

Directions:

1. In a pot, saute onion, carrot, and celery in olive oil for until soft & starting to brown.

2. Add ginger, cumin, salt & pepper and saute for another 1-2 minutes.

3. Add chicken broth and bring to boil. Reduce & simmer for 10 minutes.

4. Add chicken, cilantro, vinegar, and lime juice and simmer for 5-10 more minutes

Yummy Rating (1 being the worst & 10 being the best/closest to traditional recipe): 9

Why? The original recipe calls for 1 chopped jalapeño...seeing as how I can't have them, but LOVE spicey things, I can imagine this recipe would be even BETTER with a jalapeño! I also shredded the chicken TOO much and it was just a weird texture. Overall, this is was a PHENOMENAL soup recipe!