Chicken Detox Soup
by Sommer Collier — last updated on Oct 10, 2025 
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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- Roasted Salmon Detox Bowl
- Cleansing Detox Water
- Paleo Cashew Chicken
- Smoked Chicken Breast and Thighs
- Paleo White Chicken Chili
- Paleo Lemon Chicken
- Paleo Nut Bars
- Paleo Cauliflower Fried Rice
- Italian Fish in Tomato Sauce
- 3-Ingredient Paleo Pancakes
- Baked Sweet Potato Chips
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Chicken Detox Soup Recipe + Video
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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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Nutrition
Recipe based on Chicken Detox Soup from Perfect Weight America
Delicious! Made it Sunday. Ate some Sunday & Monday. Froze the rest, 1 cup each in freeze bags for later.
I just made this last night and had to stop myself from getting a second helping it was so good! I followed the recipe to the letter, except I only used 1lb of chicken instead of 1.5 (that is how it was sold in the store). The ginger and spices make you feel like you’re detoxing, which is amazing. Filling, savory, healthy, I couldn’t ask for better. This is one for the books and one I will be sure to make over and over again this winter. Thanks!
Made this soup as directed, except didn’t have any sea salt. This soup is delicious. To think it is also healthy is just a huge plus. I have eaten only the soup for 24 hours. So anxious to see what the results are about 3 or 4 days from now. Hubby loves the soup also, so I will be making an additional batch tomorrow. Fingers crossed that this works to get a weight-loss jump start. Delicious, healthy, and effective would make this a win-win-win
This soup is delicious. A diet mainstay. Can you share the site to find the book for the rest of the diet instructions?
How much equals one serving?
The soup is delicious! My son has football weigh-in tomorrow and has been on a strict diet for 2 weeks. This was a very welcomed treat, as opposed to eating another salad. 10yr old aproved…then it’s going on our meal list!
Can this be a crockpot meal? All ingredients in crockpot on high for 4 hours??? Let me know. Thanks!
Hi Jennifer! You can make this is the crockpot, but I might soften the onions and celery in a skillet first so they don’t end up with a rubbery texture.
Do you know the nutrition facts on 1 cup of soup? Thanks! Cant wait to try it!
Love this soup. However, to cut sodium, I used a quarter of low sodium chicken stock and a quarter of filtered water and I eliminated the extra salt. Also added a cup of chopped kale. Yum!
I plan on doing the same thing. Seems like a lot of sodium to me.
Hi! Great recipe thank you for sharing, I can not wait to try this out!
I tend to cook everything I eat pretty bland and I am wondering about the turmeric and ginger. How strong is their flavor in the soup?
It isn’t very spicy. In fact, I usually add more seasoning for more flavor. Not a huge fan of ginger myself so I was unsure about using it but it’s really tasty.
I would like to modify this for the crock pot. Any suggestions? This looks yummy! Can’t wait to try.
I made it as posted in my crockpot! Came out delicious ? I cooked it on low for four hours.
yum.
Most cook from scratch moms & grands have been making this for generations..:-)
I still use cken thighs tho.. You NEED the bone broth & fat to make it truly good for you !!
takes fat to loose fat, not just water weight :-0