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The Ultimate Chicken Soup
The Ultimate Chicken Soup
Now that the cold and flu season is in full swing (witness the drippy red noses everywhere you look), it’s time to make a big batch of Dr. Ziment's Garlic Chicken Soup. We discovered this aromatic mixture while tracking down foods that double as medicine. Chicken soup was top of the list because pulmonary specialists have found that it actually helps clear the airways and reduce inflammation. But this spicy version is practically a wonder drug for head colds -- and it tastes amazing, especially if you love spicy food.
Devised by cold-and-cough expert Irwin Ziment, MD, who was chief of medicine at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center when he cooked it up, the soup gets much of its power from red pepper flakes. They contain capsaicin, known as a fast, effective decongestant. In addition, the hefty dose of garlic -- 30 cloves, although they cook down to produce a much milder, sweeter flavor than one would expect -- loads the soup with enough phytochemicals to give it infection-fighting powers.
Dr. Z recommends 1 cup three times a day, and inhaling the vapors is part of the prescription. Soon, you'll be breathing again.
Dr. Ziment’s Garlic Chicken Soup
The spicier the soup, the better it will be at clearing your head, so be generous with the red pepper flakes -- just don't make the soup so hot you can't tolerate it.
2 quarts chicken broth
2 cups sliced carrots
2 garlic heads, about 30 cloves, peeled
1/4 cup minced parsley
1/4 cup minced cilantro
2 teaspoons lemon pepper
2 teaspoons minced fresh mint leaves
2 teaspoons dried basil, crushed, or 2 tablespoons fresh basil, minced
2 teaspoons curry powder
1 bay leaf
Dried hot red pepper flakes, to taste
Combine all ingredients in a stockpot; bring to a boil and simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Puree in batches in a blender or food processor. Return to pot, stir well, warm if necessary, and serve, or freeze in small containers.
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Hi! After a failed spinal fusion surgery, I am left with cronic pain.(I take fentanyl and tramacet) This surgery exacerbated an unknown Chiari malformation. Is there anyone there with a similar affliction?? Posted by: jayandgersmom | July 07, 2008 at 05:39 AM
Chicken Pot Pie! Posted by: Chicken | February 21, 2008 at 03:47 PM
Instead of curry add ginger to the soup it taste great and will make you feel better.Use a box grader or slice it very thin an cook it the last 15 min. of cook time Posted by: Ray | February 21, 2008 at 03:26 PM
So easy...and healthy. Can I freeze it and use microwave to heat whenever I want ? Posted by: http:///www.baaiidu.com | February 21, 2008 at 03:20 PM
Where's the chicken?? Posted by: bonnie | February 21, 2008 at 01:53 PM
To Lynda:
Yes you can copy recipes and stories only. Just hold down your left mouse button and drag (highlight) over the areas you want. Then with the mouse pointer over the highlighted area, hit the right button on the mouse. Then click copy, and then open up a new blank Word document, and right click on the blank page and hit paste. Posted by: John Rodko | February 21, 2008 at 01:07 PM
This is not chicken soup as food; it is chicken soup as medicine. Posted by: Laurence F. | February 21, 2008 at 01:02 PM
Would like to be able to print stories and recipes without comments from readers. Is this possible? Posted by: Lynda Johnson | February 21, 2008 at 12:55 PM
Or, just add red pepper to any NY pizza that already contains plenty of garlic, parsley and basil. Mmmm, Mmmm Posted by: Rubba | February 21, 2008 at 12:51 PM
You may also copy and paste into a word document and save in a folder you named recipes. Posted by: Tracy | February 13, 2008 at 06:21 PM
Chicken soup Posted by: Carolyn Poole | February 13, 2008 at 05:16 PM
If you just highlight the recipe and go to file drop down and select print and then when your print options come up, put your dot in the print selection and click OK it will print. Easier than emailing to me. I guess that assumes you have Windows Posted by: Geolee | February 13, 2008 at 05:16 PM
i think it is easy to copy and paste . i just did the soup. just highlight, copy and put in new e-mail message and send it to yourself, i do this all the time with no problems and it doesn't take much time...and then you have the recipe to put in a folder. Posted by: Stephanie Miller | January 18, 2008 at 06:19 AM
I agree with the comment. Need a print friendly format Posted by: Ruth | January 06, 2008 at 11:12 AM
Love the new format.
There are individual articles or recipes I would like to print out without the rest of the page. Perhaps a "print" click would be helpful. Example: I just want the recipe for the Ultimate Chicken soup. there isn't an easy way to do that. Posted by: kathleen marshall | December 31, 2007 at 04:32 AM
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