Recipe: Immune Boosting Chicken Soup for the Soul – OutSmart Cancer

Ingredients

• 2 large cooked organic chicken breasts (approximately 1 lb) cut into ½ inch cubes
• 8 cups organic chicken broth
• 3 cups large fresh shitake mushrooms (or 1 ½ cups dried and soaked shitake mushrooms, sliced)
• 1 heaping teaspoon dried astragalus powder or 1 teaspoon astragalus extract
• 6 cloves garlic peeled and finely sliced
• 1 medium onion cut in half and sliced into half moons
• 4 stalks celery sliced diagonally
• 3 carrots, sliced
• 1 medium yam peeled and cubed
• 1 bunch of fresh spinach, washed, drained, stems removed and coarsely sliced or 8 cups of fresh baby spinach leaves
• ¼ cup finely grated fresh ginger root (with peel) – more if you like
• ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• ¼ – ½ teaspoon saffron stamens (optional)
• Olive oil (organic)
• Sea salt and freshly ground pepper to taste