Vegan Lemon Chicken Soup for the Soul
 
 
Vegan lemon chicken soup for the soul
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Recipe type: Soup
Ingredients
  • 1 cup basmati white rice
  • 1¾ cup water
  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced
  • 1 lemon sliced
  • olive oil
  • coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 3 cups vegetable stock (or more if needed)
  • 1 large carrot, sliced
  • 7 ounce package of Beyond Meat Chick'n Strips
  • 6 shallots
  • 2 tbsp fresh chopped dill or 2 tsp dried (or to taste)
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Remove paper and slice shallots. Slice carrot. Toss carrot and shallots with a tsp or two of olive oil. Slice lemons. Place shallots, carrot and lemon slices on a baking sheet in 4oo degree oven for 25 minutes or until soft and carmelized. Ten minutes before done - toss Gardein chicken strips with olive oil, a little lemon juice and a sprinkle of dill. Put on baking sheet with lemons and shallots and cook 10 minutes. Remove baking sheet from oven.
  2. Bring rice, water, lemon zest and ¼ tsp salt to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir once, reduce heat to low, and cover. Simmer until rice is cooked and water evaporates, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat, and let stand covered, 5 minutes. Fluff with fork.
  3. Bring vegetable stock to simmer over medium heat. Stir in rice, chicken, lemons, shallots and pan juices, and simmer for a minute or two. Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper.
  4. Divide soup among 4 bowls and top with fresh dill and a little zest.
Recipe by Ordinary Vegan at https://ordinaryvegan.net/veganchickensoup/