Chicken & Wild Rice Anti-Inflammatory Soup
"Comfort food with a purpose. Wild rice, ginger, turmeric, and a whole chicken. The soup your joints needed."
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🛒 Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast or thighs
- 1/2 cup wild rice (uncooked)
- 1 large onion, diced
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 medium carrots, sliced
- 3 celery stalks, sliced
- 6 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 tsp fresh ginger, grated
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Fresh thyme and parsley to serve
👨🍳 Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat.
- Sauté onion, carrots, and celery 5–6 minutes until softened.
- Add garlic, ginger, turmeric, and black pepper. Cook 1 minute.
- Add chicken, broth, wild rice, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat, simmer 35–40 minutes until chicken is cooked through and rice is tender.
- Remove chicken, shred with two forks, return to pot.
- Discard bay leaf. Season with pepper.
- Serve topped with fresh thyme and parsley.
🥗 Nutrition Highlights
🩺 Why This Recipe Works for Your Conditions
Wild rice has significantly higher antioxidant content than white or brown rice. Combined with turmeric, ginger, and the collagen from long-simmered chicken, this soup addresses inflammation through multiple channels — joint support, gut lining, and antioxidant intake.
Chicken broth contains glycine and glutamine that support gut lining integrity. Well-cooked vegetables and soft, shredded chicken are gentle on the digestive tract.
Soft textures, lean protein, easy-to-digest vegetables. A reliable meal during low-activity IBD periods. The turmeric may have modest UC-maintenance benefits.
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