Chicken Soup with Zing!

Ingredients

 * 4 cups basic chicken broth or commercial chicken broth
 * 2 quarter-sized pieces peeled ginger
 * 2 medium cloves garlic, peeled and thinly sliced lengthwise
 * 1 jalapeño pepper, seeded, deribbed, and finely chopped
 * 6 basil leaves
 * 3 scallions, trimmed to 5 inches, white and green parts cut separately lengthwise into hair-thin strips
 * 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
 * 1/2 small bunch cilantro, leaves only, finely chopped
 * kosher salt, to taste
 * Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
 * cilantro leaves, for serving

Directions

 * 1) In a medium saucepan, bring the stock, ½ cup water, the ginger, garlic and jalapeño to a boil.
 * 2) Lower the heat and simmer, partially covered, for 15 minutes.
 * 3) Stir in the basil and scallion whites.
 * 4) Cook for 3 minutes.
 * 5) Stir in the scallion greens and cook just until wilted, about 1 minute.
 * 6) Stir in the lemon juice, chopped cilantro, salt and pepper.
 * 7) Warm through.
 * 8) Sprinkle each bowl with a few leaves of cilantro.

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