Paleo Golden Mushroom Soup

     I always hesitate to call any recipe "paleo" for two reasons.

Reason 1: Some people see "paleo" and read "weird" and automatically dismiss it.

Reason 2: Some extreme paleo eater's head explodes because it contains an ingredient they would rather choke on than eat.

     This recipe is so yummy I think anyone who likes chicken, mushrooms and soup will enjoy it. So I'm posting it and you can call it whatever you like!

 I started with two bags of my homemade broth. I used turkey, but if I'd had chicken I would've used that. If you don't have homemade, storebought is perfectly okay.

I also put in two frozen, boneless, skinless chicken tenders.You can add probably two more before it's a 

not-enough-soup-too-much-stuff situation. I know chicken isn't a typical ingredient in golden mushroom soup but I thought I'd add a bit more tasty animal protein.

That piece of chicken looks like a tadpole! Appetizing, huh?

   

While the broth was melting, I sliced some onion (I had red on hand but a yellow one would be tasty too). I also chopped and added about half of a 16 ounce box of crimini mushrooms (washed and stems removed). Again, substitutes are okay. Any old non-hallucinogenic 'shroom will do.

About now, I seasoned the broth. I added soy sauce (you can sub coconut aminos), poultry seasoning, salt, garlic powder and rice vinegar. I used rice vinegar because it's light, but I think any vinegar other than balsamic would taste okay.

I let it go about five minutes or so and I removed the chicken and diced it up. I also removed that little nasty tendon that's always still attached to the bigger end. Don't you just hate that when you get served one of those in a restaurant? I always want to take it to the chef and show him how to pull it off. It takes like a whole second to do. Okay, tenderloin rant over...for now.

Looks like tofu but I promise it's not.

I let the whole deal cook down about 15 minutes until the veggies were good and soft. I finished it off with a tablespoon of good old Kerrygold butter and let it melt before serving it up. You could totally puree and serve this that way as well.

Mmmmmm!

 Here's the breakdown:

Paleo Golden Mushroom Soup

3 cups chicken or turkey broth

2 boneless skinless chicken breast tenderloins (or one small whole breast)

1/4 cup sliced or chopped onion

8 oz of stemmed, cleaned, sliced mushrooms

1/4 cup soy sauce (or coconut aminos)

                                                      1 teaspoon light vinegar

                                                      1 teaspoon poultry seasoning

                                                      1/2 teaspoon sea salt

                                                      1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

                                                      1 tablespoon butter

Place broth and chicken in pot over low-medium heat. Prepare vegetables and add to pot. Remove chicken and dice into fine pieces. Add in soy sauce, vinegar and spices. Cook an additional 15 minutes. Just before serving, melt a tablespoon of butter in the whole pot.