Chilis Southwest Chicken Soup 7 Perfect Health Benefits Food

CHILIS SOUTHWEST CHICKEN SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in a large pot. Season the chicken breast with salt. Cook the chicken breast over medium heat for about 6 to 7 minutes on each side until fully cooked. Remove the chicken from the pot and set aside until cool. When cool enough to handle, shred the chicken.
• Add the remaining vegetable oil in the same pot and saute the garlic and onion until the onion is translucent. Add the celery and cook for an additional 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add the tomato paste and stir well. Saute for about 1 minute stirring constantly, and then add the chicken stock.
• Add the chipotle peppers, hominy, green chilis, diced tomatoes, and shredded chicken. Cook until the soup has heated through.
• Add a squeeze of lime juice and the chopped cilantro.
• Top each serving with fried tortilla strips or corn chips, shredded cheese, and sour cream if desired.

CHILIS SOUTHWEST CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Place 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in a large pot. Season chicken breast with salt. Cook the chicken breast over medium heat for about 6 to 7 minutes on each side. (The chicken should be fully cooked). Remove chicken from the pot, and when cool to the touch, shred the chicken.
• Place one tablespoon of vegetable oil to the same pot where the chicken was cooked. Saute garlic and onion until the onion is translucent. Add celery and cook for 2 to 3 minutes more.
• Add tomato paste, and stir well. Saute for about 1 minute stirring constantly, add chicken stock.
• Add chipotle peppers, hominy, green chilis, diced tomatoes, and shredded chicken. Cook until the soup has heated through.
• Add a squeeze of lime juice, and about 1 tablespoon of chopped cilantro.
• If desired you can use corn chips, or slice a few corn tortillas thin, and fry them in vegetable oil until very crisp.
• Garnish soup with fried corn tortilla strips, chopped cilantro, and shredded cheese if desired.

SOUTHWESTERN CHILI

Steps:

• In a casserole cook the onions, peppers and garlic in the oil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add the chili powder, cumin and oregano and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes more. Add the beef and cook, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink. Add the tomatoes, 1 cup of the broth, the vinegar and chocolate and bring the mixture to a boil, crushing the tomatoes with the back of a spoon. Simmer the chili, covered, for 1 hour, adding additional broth, if necessary. Add the kidney beans and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes more. Ladle into bowls and serve with rice and desired toppings.

CHILI'S SOUTHWEST CHICKEN CHILI

Steps:

• In 5-quart or larger pot, heat oil over medium heat.
• Add onions and sauté along with bell pepper, jalapeño and garlic. Cook until vegetables are tender.
• In another container, combine water, chicken base, lime juice, sugar, cornstarch and seasonings. Add to vegetable mixture. Add tomatillos and diced green chiles to pot; bring to boil.
• Add beans and chicken; simmer 10 minutes.
• Serve topped with cheese and sour cream if desired, with tortilla.
• chips on the side.