Celery Chicken Curry Soup (Healthy Celery Series)
It’s hard to eat at chicken curry soups at restaurants because there’s always added sugar. I don’t know why they do that because these flavors are so good on their own. You don’t need added sugar to make the curry better. So we’ve making it at home and adding a ton of celery because celery is such a healthy vegetable. Celery has great fiber that helps control my blood sugar levels. Adding it to make a big pot of celery chicken curry soup is always a winner. This is one of our celery recipes as part of our healthy celery series that’s helped me on my type 2 diabetes journey. – Diane
Chicken Curry Soup Recipe with Celery (lots of it)
This super simple pot of celery chicken curry soup is finished in 30 minutes. It’s truly a flavorful and delicious pot of soup when you’re craving curry. The flavors are so good that our friends say it’s better than what you can order at a restaurant. Maybe it’s all the celery, which is a magic healthy vegetable. The fiber, nutrients and vitamins in each celery stalk is like medicine but the yummy kind of medicine.
Video: Celery Chicken Curry Soup Recipe (No Added Sugar)
Don’t Like Celery? Ok, Here’s other options
Now I know not everyone is a fan of celery or are allergic to it (yes, this is a thing). But you don’t have to add celery if you don’t want to. Here’s other vegetable options to add. Just add any vegetable, that’s what matters in making this soup healthy and blood sugar friendly.
- Add two cups of chopped spinach. Make it a Popeye’s curry chicken soup. LOL.
- Chopped broccoli or cauliflower is fantastic.
- Quality canned green beans
- Chopped bok choy, mustard greens or cabbage. There’s so many types of cabbage and greens.
- If you love kale, then two cups of chopped kale is perfect.
Chicken and Celery Coconut Curry Soup
Ingredients
- 5 stalks celery , sliced
- 1 small bell pepper , diced
- 1 pound (454 g) chicken , cut into bite sized pieces
- 1 Tablespoon (15 ml) vegetable oil
- 1/2 medium onion , minced
- 3 cloves garlic , minced
- 1 inch (2.5 cm) knob ginger , minced
- 14 ounces (397 g) coconut milk
- 2 Tablespoons (30 ml) curry powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne powder optional, or to personal taste
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) chicken stock
- 1 Tablespoon (15 ml) fish sauce , or more if desired for more umami
- chopped cilantro or fresh basil for garnish , optional
- Kosher salt , to taste
- black pepper , to taste
Instructions
- Chop celery and bell pepper and set aside. We do not destring our celery because we like the additional chew and fiber for better blood sugar levels. But if you want your celery more tender, then you can destring the celery. Cut the chicken into bite sized pieces.
- Heat large saucepan on medium-high heat. Add about 1 Tablespoon of oil, then add the chicken pieces. Cook for about 2 minutes until browned.
- Add onions, garlic, and ginger to the chicken. Cook until onions and garlic are softened.
- Add 14 oz. coconut milk then add the 2 Tablespoons of curry powder, optional cayenne powder, 1/2 cup chicken stock, and 1 Tablespoon fish sauce (or more if you like it very flavorful).
- Stir to combine all the spices and bring to a boil, then immediately reduce heat to low. Simmer coconut curry soup for about 5 minutes.
- Add chopped celery and bell peppers.
- Cook for additional 5 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and celery is tender. Taste for flavor and add salt and pepper, if desired.
- Garnish with fresh chopped cilantro or basil if desired.
Video
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Our Favorite Curry Powders & Pastes
Our Favorite Fish Sauce Brands:
This has been our house fish sauce for decades. Great stuff! We’ll use it to make our dipping sauces as well as marinades.
100% all-natural first press extra virgin Vietnamese fish sauce. One of the best artisan fish sauce producers.
Another good fish sauce. Clean flavors, good depth. It’s the one Diane’s mom most often uses for cooking.
Best Curry Recipes in about 30 minutes
- Sauteed celery and shrimp is our go-to healthy shrimp stir fry
- Easy shrimp curry with coconut milk and vegetables
- Chicken vegetable soup is perfect and a bowl of this on a cold day is….YUM.
- Slow cooker chicken curry
- Curry coconut milk chicken thighs. Great for weeknight dinners and the curry sauce is perfect over quinoa or brown rice.
