Sopa Ranchera Food

SOPA RANCHERA

Steps:

• To make the soup: heat oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat.
• Add onion; stir/saute for 3 minutes.
• Add oregano, cumin, and garlic; stir/saute 1 minute.
• Add in chicken stock, potato, and chickpeas; bring to a boil; cook 5 minutes.
• Add in chicken, corn, salt, and zucchini; cook 5 minutes.
• Stir in tomato and 1/3 cup cilantro; cook 2 minutes.
• To serve: ladle 1 cup soup into individual soup bowls; top each with 1 tablespoon chopped onion, 1 tablespoon cilantro, 1 tablespoon sour cream, and 1 tablespoon cheese.
• Serve with lime wedge.

SALSA RANCHERA

Steps:

• Section the tomatoes and onion into pieces small enough for your food processor or blender to work effectively.
• I use a blender set on it lowest setting (mine says stir).
• **In a blender, slowly add all the ingredients, starting with the tomatoes and onions.
• Make sure not to put too much into your blender bowl at any one time, or it will not chop properly.
• Once the tomato and onion mixture is nice and smooth, continue to blend and incorporate all the other ingredients.
• **In a food processor, add all ingredients to the bowl and pulse until the mixture can withstand the continuous operation of the food processor.
• Process until smooth.
• FINAL INSTRUCTIONS-- Get some chips and a family member or a friend to help with the final adjustments.
• I usually have to tweak the amount of salt, cumin, cilantro or garlic to make it "perfect".
• If the onion or other seasonings are too much, add another tomato.
• Your salsa can be enjoyed now, but it is best after an overnight stay in the refrigerator.
• To make it the way I like it, I add one more tomato, one more chile arbol, at least one more large serano pepper and one more teaspoon of salt.
• I have also substituted the seranos with jalepeños or habeñeros.