Turmeric Lemon Chicken Soup
Recipe from Mediterranean Food & Diet | Easy Recipes | Suzy Karadsheh · original post · full recipe on themediterraneandish.com
Mediterranean-style chicken soup with carrots, spinach, fresh herbs, warm spices and plenty of lemon. Nourishing and comforting in the best way.
Serves 4 50 minKid-friendly
Gluten freeDairy freeChickenSoupMediterranean
Ingredients
- boneless skinless chicken breast450 g
- yellow onion — quartered1 ea
- garlic cloves — 2 whole and 2 minced4 ea
- extra virgin olive oil30 ml
- carrots — peeled and thinly sliced130 g
- ground coriander — 1 tsp2.5 g
- aleppo pepper1 tsp
- ground ginger0.5 tsp
- ground turmeric — ½ tsp1.3 g
- baby spinach60 g
- fresh dill — chopped10 g
- fresh parsley
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Pescatarian
Turmeric Lemon Fish Soup
- 600 g Firm white fish fillets instead of boneless skinless chicken breast
Simmer the onion and whole garlic in the water for 15 minutes to make the broth and strain it; cook the carrots as written, then add the fish in chunks for the last 5 minutes, until just opaque, rather than shredding it.
Vegetarian
Turmeric Lemon Chickpea Soup
- 440 g Tinned chickpeas instead of boneless skinless chicken breast
Skip poaching the chicken: simmer the onion and the whole garlic in the water for 15 minutes to make the broth, then strain it and add the drained chickpeas with the carrots.
Vegan
Turmeric Lemon Chickpea Soup
- 440 g Tinned chickpeas instead of boneless skinless chicken breast
Skip poaching the chicken: simmer the onion and the whole garlic in the water for 15 minutes to make the broth, then strain it and add the drained chickpeas with the carrots.
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
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What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
Sainsbury's· £10.23 of food
£22.48
54% spare
No price at Sainsbury's for:
- aleppo pepper
MorrisonsBest choice· £3.88 of food
£10.80
64% spare
No price at Morrisons for:
- boneless skinless chicken breast
- aleppo pepper
Aldi UK· £3.69 of food
£10.71
66% spare
No price at Aldi UK for:
- boneless skinless chicken breast
- garlic cloves
- ground coriander
- aleppo pepper
- fresh dill
Tesco· £3.13 of food
£8.86
65% spare
No price at Tesco for:
- boneless skinless chicken breast
- garlic cloves
- ground coriander
- aleppo pepper
- fresh dill
- fresh parsley
Asda· £5.56 of food
£11.92
53% spare
No price at Asda for:
- garlic cloves
- aleppo pepper
- ground ginger
- ground turmeric
- fresh dill
- fresh parsley
£2.76a serve
from £2.76 a serve at Sainsbury's · 12 of 13 ingredients priced
About £11.04 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
£19.65 across 4 shops · 12 of 13 items priced · £5.87 more for bigger packs, 67% spare for later
Sainsbury's£10.23
missing 1 item
you'll pay £22.48 · 54% of it spare
MorrisonsBest choice£3.88
missing 2 items
you'll pay £10.80 · 64% of it spare
Aldi UK£3.69
missing 5 items
you'll pay £10.71 · 66% of it spare
Tesco£3.13
missing 6 items
you'll pay £8.86 · 65% of it spare
Asda£5.56
missing 6 items
you'll pay £11.92 · 53% of it spare
Buy at Morrisons£4.21
garlic cloves
£0.87
need 4 itemsMorrisons Garlic Bulbs 4 Pack 4 per packclosest match
Morrisons£0.87·Sainsbury's£0.95/ea£0.95·Aldi UKN/A·TescoN/A·AsdaN/A·
OcadoN/A
ground coriander
£1.00
need 2.5 gIndus Dhaniya Ground Coriander 100 gclosest match
Morrisons£1.00·Sainsbury's£26.39/kg£0.95·Asda£14.20/kg£1.42·Aldi UKN/A·TescoN/A·OcadoN/A
ground ginger
£1.00
need 0.5 tspRajah Ground Ginger 85gclosest match
Morrisons£1.00·Aldi UK£21.00/kg£0.65·Tesco£26.32/kg£1.00·Sainsbury's£13.00/kg£1.30·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
ground turmeric
£1.00
need 1.3 gRajah Haldi Ground Turmeric 100 gclosest match
Morrisons£1.00·Aldi UK£0.75·Tesco£22.22/kg£1.00·Sainsbury's£16.25/kg£1.95·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
lemons
£0.89
need 2 itemsMorrisons Savers 4 perpack 4 itemsclosest match
Morrisons£0.89·Aldi UK£0.22/ea£0.89·Sainsbury's£0.35/ea£1.40·Asda£0.35/ea£1.40·Tesco£0.36/ea£1.45·OcadoN/A
Buy at Sainsbury's£8.95
boneless skinless chicken breast
£6.90/kg
need 450 gSainsbury's Standard 1 kg£6.90
Sainsbury's£6.90/kg£6.90·Asda£8.29/kg£1.99·Aldi UK£6.65/kg£3.99·Tesco£7.54/kg£4.90·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A
yellow onion
£0.32/ea
need 1 itemSainsbury's Brown Onions x3 3 pack£0.95closest match
Sainsbury's£0.32/ea£0.95·Aldi UK£0.95·Asda£0.32/ea£0.95·Morrisons£0.95·Tesco£0.33/ea£1.00·OcadoN/A
fresh dill
£30.00/kg
need 10 gSainsbury's Bunched Dill 20 g£0.60
Sainsbury's£30.00/kg£0.60·Morrisons£0.60·Aldi UKN/A·TescoN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
fresh parsley
£16.67/kg
need 30 gSainsbury's Fresh Packed Flat Leaf Parsley 30 g£0.50closest match
Sainsbury's£16.67/kg£0.50·Aldi UK£16.67/kg£0.50·Morrisons£0.60·TescoN/A·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Aldi UK£6.38
extra virgin olive oil
£5.30/L
need 30 mlSolesta Olive Oil 1 L£5.29closest match
Aldi UK£5.30/L£5.29·Asda£10.92/L£2.73·Sainsbury's£12.00/L£3.00·Morrisons£3.00·Tesco£12.40/L£3.10·OcadoN/A
baby spinach
£4.54/kg
need 60 gNature's Pick Baby Spinach 240 g£1.09closest match
Aldi UK£4.54/kg£1.09·Asda£5.56/kg£1.00·Morrisons£1.00·Tesco£9.60/kg£1.20·Sainsbury's£7.50/kg£1.50·OcadoN/A
Buy at Tesco£0.11
carrots
£0.69/kg
need 130 gTesco Carrots Loose kg 159.42 g£0.11
Tesco£0.69/kg£0.11·Aldi UK£0.44·Sainsbury's£0.88/kg£0.44·Asda£0.88/kg£0.44·Morrisons£0.44·OcadoN/A
Not priced
- aleppo pepper · 1 tsp