Looking for a spicy Chicken soup for a cold,

Peggy, all you have to do to make it spice is.... add garlic,,, red pepper, Louisiana Hot sauce, white pepper, black pepper, which ever you have available to your existing recipe....good luck.

I having no spicy chicken recipe to give (The few times I never once used the stove in my last apartment), but just wanted to wish you and your family a speedy recovery. I too was fighting a nasty cold over Christmas so that the entire day was a medicated blur (and everyone thought I was swooning at the wonderful pressies I'de got). Get well.

Thank you very much Betty and Becks. I have never thought to use white pepper in it before. I am going to make up a big pot again here soon! Take care!

Ok, I just had a stange thought. It must be the cold meds working. How come people all ways say that they caught a cold? Why would we go out and try to catch one. It isn't like when we go out and catch fire fly's. Hum?

I hope you all feel better soon.... I'd just add some red pepper flakes and hot sauce, sweat those colds right out of ya!!

Hello, everyone, and thanks for you best wishes on feeling better. I was watching the food channel.

I got a idea from it and cooked some sweet potato's until they were soft blended them with chicken broth added a little cream. Just a little and then added fresh garlic, just a little clove, ginger. then sage. While that was going I added the chicken and added 2 of chopped onions 1 yellow and 1 red. I have been hearing of using radishes cooked some I tried cutting a few and putting them in. (not bad!) I also added some fresh dill and basil. Lots of pepper black and white (thanks Betty It was soo good) and just a pinch of gray salt. It was soo good. try it if you like!

I make something my son calls "sick soup" which is a version of chicken soup I only make when one of us is ill with upper respiratory symptoms.

Quantities to your taste:
Chopped garlic (antibiotic properties)
Chicken thighs (protein with higher fat content)
Fresh ginger (anti nausea)
Chopped onion (quercetin-chop these first and let stand in a bowl while you prepare the other ingredients and assemble pots, etc. quercetin develops after onions are cut)
Bouillon (source of salt--electrolyte balance; also flavoring to enliven dulled tastebuds)
Black pepper (use a grinder! If you have to use canned, don't use it at all--for heat & flavor)
Parsley (good for kidneys, source of Vitamin C)
Red pepper flakes (make sinuses drain)
Wasabi mustard powder (make sinuses drain)
Chopped mushrooms (source of Vitamin B)
Whole wheat pasta or cooked brown rice (high quality source of carbs)
Water

Saute garlic and ginger in a saucepan on low heat. Add mushrooms, onions, chicken pieces and cook until onions are translucent. Add plenty of water to cover and bring to a boil. Turn heat to low, add bouillon, red pepper flakes and black pepper, let simmer until chicken is cooked through. Using tongs and a pair of kitchen shears, cut chicken into bite-size pieces. Bring to a boil, add pasta or cooked brown rice and turn heat back down. Add wasabi mustard (or Chinese hot mustard powder) and stir in well. Add chopped parsley, turn off heat and let stand five minutes. Serve hot. You will sneeze, reach for a kleenex and then drift off to sleep....

stay away from dairy products of any kind for the duration of the cold/flu. They thicken mucus and make it harder to cough up/blow out secretions.

Thank you Linda I will make this! It is what I was looking for.

I cannot add anything to what Linda B. has offered.

Add hot sauce OR chile powder, but something pure - not CHILI seasoning. That has other stuff in it -oregano, cumin. Anyway, how about send out for chinese and get some Hot & Sour Soup. That is what I use all the time when i am sick. Works like a charm!

That is also a good idea. We have been taking turns cooking here. Might be nice just to curl up on the couch and relax. thank you .

Peggy...do you have a decent Thai food restaurant in your area? If you do, I highly suggest the Thai Hot and Sour Soup. Everytime I got sick with a respiratory infection or cold, I would get take-out Hot & Sour Soup. I swear it has healing properties and other people I know say the same thing. Most Thai restaurants will add shrimp or chicken to it too, making it even more hearty. The combination of spices, kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass really work together to open you up, loosen up all that junk and help get it out of your system. I'll even just sit and inhale the fumes for a couple minutes before diving in. By the time I'm done and my forehead has broken out into a sweat, I feel 100 times better!

I also make my own Thai Hot & Sour Soup here at home. I get the specialty ingredients at the Asian market and keep them in the freezer for when sickness arrives. Let me know if you'd like to try making it at home and I'll share a recipe!

Put some oil (I like olive oil) in your soup pot, throw in some chopped onions, celery, and garlic. If you want to add diced carrots, add them here. Cook them until they are soft. If you are using raw chicken, ( I use ground chicken), then fry it with the vegetables, until it is brown.
Then add chicken or vegetable broth (or water if you don't have any handy broth), and a can of tomatoes (I liked to use the canned diced ones, saves the trouble of cutting the whole ones.) Now you add which ever vegetables you wish; I usually use potatoes and/or canned beans (black beans, chick peas, lentils, kidney beans) or a can of corn.
If you are using cooked chicken, add it now. I sometimes put some barley in with the soup as well.
Now as to the spices: I tend to use oregano, bay, cumin seed, or rosemary, in some combination.
For the heat: red pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, or hot sauce (I've got this habenero hot sauce that will light your mouth on fire). Or you can chop up hot peppers; jalapeños are a mild to medium heat depending on how many you use. Habeneros, or Scotch bonnets are very hot. Just be careful chopping the hot peppers, their juice can burn your hands.
Now just bring it to a boil, and cook until everything is done.

thank you all for your help. I have tried many of your ideas. I am now able to sleep in bed without feeling like I am drowning.