Hot Chicken Soup

Ingredients:

• 4 cups home-made chicken broth
• 2 slices ginger, 1 cm each
• 2 medium cloves garlic, peeled and sliced
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded, de-ribbed, minced
• 6 mint leaves
• 3 scallions, trimmed, white and green sliced into rings
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 bunch cilantro, leaves only, finely chopped
• salt, fresh ground pepper to taste
• cilantro leaves to garnish
  

Directions:

1. In medium pan, bring broth, 1/2 cup water, ginger, garlic and jalapeno to boil. Lower heat and simmer covered for 15 minutes.
2. Add mint and scallion whites, simmer 3 minutes; stir in scallion greens and cook just until wilted, about 1 minute.
3. Stir in lemon juice, chopped cilantro, salt and pepper.
4. Serve sprinkled with cilantro leaves.