Chicken Detox Soup
Chicken Detox Soup is a fast, tasty meal filled with vitamins and nutrients. This cleansing soup is great to make when you need a do-over in your eating plan.
Why We Love This Chicken Detox Soup Recipe
Looking for a great Detox Soup Recipe? Especially after the holidays, I like to take some time to eat healthy and include some nourishing, detoxing soups like this Chicken Detox Soup!
From my personal experience, cleanses usually involve expensive herbal supplement kits from the health food store, or a whole lot of juicing.
However, this cleanse is different. It’s a Chicken Detox Soup Cleanse made from a nourishing homemade soup with fresh chicken, loads of veggies, and ginger, to boost your metabolism and immune system, as well as remove toxins to help your body work as it should. Eat this soup for a few days and you will be feeling good as new! It is gluten-free, dairy-free, and paleo to boot!
With protein, vegetables, vitamins, and minerals, it provides more nutrients than most of the world’s population receives on any given day. So don’t be afraid to give it a try!
Ingredients You Need
- Chicken Breast – chicken breast is best since it is high in protein and low in fat. You can use chicken thighs, but this will add fat to the chicken soup.
- Chicken Broth – or chicken stock
- Vegetables – onion, broccoli, carrots, celery and peas
- Fresh Parsley – for a fresh, herby flavor
- Fresh Ginger – adds flavor and antioxidants
- Garlic – to make the soup aromatic
- Olive Oil – to sauté the veggies, you can also use avocado oil if preferred!
- Apple Cider Vinegar – adds a slight tangy flavor
- Crushed Red Pepper – for just a hint of spice
- Turmeric – great for cleanses
- Salt & Pepper – to taste
Pro Tip: If you see any vegetable in there that you don’t like, switch it out for something you do like. Other great options are spinach, kale, or additional fresh herbs! For ease, you can use shredded rotisserie chicken instead!
How to Make Detox Soup
Set a large sauce pot over medium heat. Add the olive oil, chopped onions, celery, ginger, and garlic. Sauté for 5-6 minutes to soften. Then add the raw chicken breasts, broth, carrots, apple cider vinegar, crushed red pepper, turmeric, and 1 teaspoon sea salt.
Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer for 20+ minutes, until the chicken breasts are cooked through. Then remove the chicken with tongs and set them on a cutting board to cool.
Add broccoli, peas, and parsley to the pot. Continue to simmer to soften the broccoli. Meanwhile, shred the chicken breast with two forks, and stir it back into the soup. Once the broccoli is tender, taste, then salt and pepper as needed. Serve warm!
Pro Tip: If you like a little extra tangy flavor, serve your chicken detox soup with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Chicken detox soup is a healthy soup made with lots of veggies and immune-boosting ingredients to detox your body from toxins. This recipe includes ultra-healthy flavor-makers like ginger, turmeric, and apple cider vinegar.
To make a detox vegetable soup, omit the chicken and use vegetable broth instead. Keep in mind that the soup will not have as much protein for a fully balanced meal.
Store leftover chicken detox soup in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. The leftover soup makes for a great meal prep idea. To freeze, place in the freezer in a large zip bag for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge and then place in a sauce pot to reheat.
Check the Recipe Card to See How to Make Chicken Detox Soup + Video!
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- Southwest Chicken Detox Soup
- Roasted Salmon Detox Bowl
- Cleansing Detox Water
- Paleo Cashew Chicken
- Paleo Baked Chicken Parmesan
- Paleo White Chicken Chili
- Paleo Lemon Chicken
- Paleo Nut Bars
- Paleo Cauliflower Fried Rice
- Paleo Baked Coconut Shrimp
- 3-Ingredient Paleo Pancakes
- Baked Sweet Potato Chips
- Perfect Baked Beet Chips
Chicken Detox Soup Recipe + Video
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast
- 2 quarts chicken broth
- 1 large onion, peeled and chopped
- 3 cups broccoli florets
- 2 1/2 cups sliced carrots
- 2 cups chopped celery
- 1 1/2 cups frozen peas
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 3 tablespoons fresh ginger, shredded or grated
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Set a large sauce pot over medium heat. Add the olive oil, chopped onions, celery, ginger, and garlic. Saute for 5-6 minutes to soften. Then add the raw chicken breasts, broth, carrots, apple cider vinegar, crushed red pepper, turmeric and 1 teaspoon sea salt.
- Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer for 20+ minutes, until the chicken breasts are cooked through. Then remove the chicken with tongs and set them on a cutting board to cool.
- Add the broccoli, peas, and parsley to the pot. Continue to simmer to soften the broccoli. Meanwhile, shred the chicken breasts with two forks, and stir it back into the soup. Once the broccoli is tender, taste, then salt and pepper as needed. Serve warm.
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Recipe based on Chicken Detox Soup from Perfect Weight America
I made this soup last night and it is delicious! So fresh and spicy.
This soup is incredible and I did lose weight eating it but I never felt unsatisfied. I actually doubled the amount of chicken stock ( used no salt chicken stock) and more chicken and broccoli. I don’t measure well 😜 so also added more tumeric and crushed chili pepper ( I like spicy stuff). I highly recommend this recipe.
Just made this soup again. Absolutely love it. It’s the 4 th week in a row I’ve been
Making it. Great tasting and excellent for weight loss.
Made this soup after a 10-day smoothie detox. I can’t believe how delicious it came out!! I’m not much of a cook, but OMG, even my husband loved it!! Looking forward to having more during the week. Thanks for sharing your recipes.
It says 1.5 cups is a serving but how many grams is the serving?
Can you substitute the peas
Hi Ruth!
Yes, you can omit them, or swap them for another vegetable.
I just made this tonight! It is so delicious I’m so excited to start my cleanse.
I made this vegetarian by using vegetable broth and left out the chicken (and a couple other veggies I didn’t have on hand). I added turnips and lemon. It’s fantastic with the lemon! Thanks for the recipe
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This soup is fantastic and so fresh and healthy. It’s a family favorite and we add different vegetables depending on what we have. I would give it a 10 if I could!!!
How long is this cleanse how often do you eat the soup do you eat or drink anything else
Okay so I don’t even like veggies and I’m not a healthy person but have decided to lose weight ! This soup is so yummy and delicious will definitely be cooking again as I already have left overs in the fridge !
I made this last night and it’s really quite nice. It does taste better today, after all the flavors have mingled overnight. I used fresh ginger, a titch more apple cider vinegar than the recipe called for and added some curry powder, which gave it a bit more zest. I’ll omit the broccoli the next time and maybe added zucchini instead. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Delicious!
THANK YOU!!! I am absolutely OBSESSED with this soup… I could eat this forever! While I know my results may not be the average, I have indeed lost 13.5 lbs in 14 days. I’ve made several large batches during the past 2 weeks and freeze them in 1.5 cup size baggies. Definitely my go-to to stay on track. I’ve been pushing more water and tea as well and really feel so much less bloated and also feel that it’s really helping to reset my metabolism. I’d like to shoot for a total of 40 pounds gone by July and this recipe has given me the kick start I needed! The big “60” is nearing in come August! THANK YOU again!
Congratulations! Looking forward to make this soup
Do you just scoop soup in baggie and put right in freezer? Should it cool first?
yes, it should be completely cool, then fill baggy. If you have a funnel like used when canning with quart jars, put baggy in small pan , open and insert funnel, then measure soup, being sure to include preferred amount of broth to chunks. Then seal carefully and lay flat in freezer until frozen, then you can stack standing up or stack multiple bags one on the other. to thaw toss in fridge night before or in the morning or set in pan of hot, not boiling water until thawed enough to slip contents into pan to heat up slowly. If you love this concept and find yourself doing it alot check out the SOUPER CUBES on Amazon. You simply fill, freeze then pop them out and stack them in gallon size freezer bags. Grab a cube or two as needed for each meal. Saves freezer space, baggies and lets you prep lots of leftovers for future meals.
This is one of my favorite chicken soup recipes!!
This is amazing!!! I almost always have a pot of it now in my fridge!! Makes a great dinner and left overs for lunch…. it is one of the most yummy soups that makes you feel good about eating!!! 5+ stars!!!
I eat this soup every day and yes it’s good. Even tho I’m eating it all the time, what else can I have with it?
This soup is absolutely delicious and I am not a soup person. I’ve made it six times since November. I love it! I’m wondering if you can make a vegetarian version that will taste just as good?
Can you blend this or will it change how it works
Hi Dd,
Blending the soup will not change the health properties. If you give it a try, please report back. I’d love to hear how it turns out! :)