Name: Cleansing Ginger-Chicken Soup
Yield: Makes 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 onion, sliced; 2 celery stalks, chopped; 8 ounces unpeeled scrubbed ginger, cut into 1/2"-thick slices; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 10 whole black peppercorns; 1 3-pound whole organic chicken, cut into 7 pieces (2 breasts, 2 legs with thighs attached, 2 wings, 1 back); Kosher salt; Cilantro leaves (optional)

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Cleansing Ginger-Chicken SoupHirsheimer & Hamilton

Ginger has anti-inflammatory properties and can also calm an upset stomach. We love the heat it adds to this soup.

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