Special Mexican Chicken Soup Food

MEXICAN CHICKEN AND RICE SOUP (SOPA DE POLLO Y ARROZ)

Steps:

• Bring stock to a boil in a large pot over high heat. Add chicken legs; return to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes, skimming away foam that forms on the surface. Add carrots, onion, celery, cilantro, garlic, and mint.
• Cover pot and cook until chicken is no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 30 minutes more. Remove chicken from the pot; discard skin and bones. Shred meat using 2 forks.
• Return chicken meat to the pot and season with salt and pepper. Add rice. Let chicken and rice warm up, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and pour soup into serving bowls. Top with avocado and serrano peppers and squeeze in lime juice.

MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place the chicken breasts skin side up on a sheet pan. Rub with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and roast for 35 to 40 minutes, until done. When the chicken is cool enough to handle, discard the skin and bones, and shred the meat. Cover and set aside.
• Meanwhile, heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven. Add the onions, celery, and carrots and cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes, or until the onions start to brown. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the chicken stock, tomatoes with their puree, jalapenos, cumin, coriander, 1 tablespoon salt (depending on the saltiness of the chicken stock), 1 teaspoon pepper, and the cilantro, if using. Cut the tortillas in 1/2, then cut them crosswise into 1/2-inch strips and add to the soup. Bring the soup to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 25 minutes. Add the shredded chicken and season to taste. Serve the soup hot topped with sliced avocado, a dollop of sour cream, grated Cheddar cheese, and broken tortilla chips.

SLOW COOKER MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Put the chicken in a slow cooker. Sprinkle on the chili powder, cumin and some salt and pepper. Add the tomatoes, chicken broth, black beans, tomatoes with chiles, tomato paste, onion, chipotle pepper and red and yellow peppers. Stir, place the lid on the slow cooker and cook for 5 hours on high or 8 hours on low.
• Stir in the lime juice. Remove the chicken to a plate and use 2 forks to break it into chunks (or shred it finely). Return the chicken to the pot, taste and add more seasoning if necessary.
• Serve piping hot in a bowl with avocado, sour cream, grated cheese, crushed tortilla chips and cilantro leaves on top!

MEXICAN SOUP WITH CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion and garlic, soften for 5 mins, then stir in the dried chilli, cumin, tomatoes and chicken stock. Blitz in a food processor in batches, or use a hand blender to purée until smooth.
• Return to the pan, then bring to the boil. Add the chicken, reduce the heat, then simmer for 10 mins until cooked through. Stir in the lime juice and some seasoning, then ladle into bowls. Put the toppings in the middle of the table for everyone to help themselves.

SPECIAL MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Add the onion, celery, garlic, chili powder, and cumin, and cook until the onion softens, about 5 minutes.
• Add the chicken broth, bring to a boil, reduce the heat slightly, and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
• Add the green chiles, hominy, tomatoes, and oregano and cook for another 5 minutes.
• Pull the saucepan from the heat and stir in the chicken, cilantro leaves, and lime juice.
• Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.

CROCK-POT MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Cook on high for about 2 hours chicken breasts, chicken stock, tomato sauce, green chilies, cream of chicken soup, taco seasoning, minced onion, and garlic powder.
• Take out the chicken breasts and let them cool off enough to touch them. Then dice them up into bite sized pieces. Then, add the chicken back into the crock pot.
• Add the remaining ingredients and stir. I covered the pot back up and reduced the setting to low and cooked the rest of the afternoon.

CHICKEN MEXICAN SOUP ( FOR CANNING )

Steps:

• Boil chicken covered in water until done. When chicken has cooled you can shred it or cut into 1-inch cubes. Set aside.
• Prepare pressure canner. Heat jars and lids in simmering water until ready for use. ( do not boil ).
• In large pot add all ingredients except chicken. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer 3 minutes. Add chicken and boil lightly for 5 minutes.
• Ladle hot soup into hot jars leaving 1-inch headspace, remove air bubbles and wipe rim of jar. Center hot lid on jar. Apply band and adjust until fingertip tight. Place jars into pressure canner.
• Process quarts at 11 pounds pressure for 90 minutes or pints for 75 minutes ( adjust for altitude if needed ).
• Remove jars and cool. Check lids for seal after 24 hours. Lids should not flex up and down when center is pressed.
• THIS RECIPE YIELDS 7 QUARTS!

MEXICAN CHICKEN AND VEGETABLE SOUP- HOMEMADE GOURMET

Steps:

• In a soup pot, saute' carrots and celery for 5 minutes.
• Add the Taco Soup Seasoning and cooked, diced chicken and chopped vegetables, chicken broth, and Rotel tomatoes to soup pot.
• Simmer on low for 10 minutes. Add corn and cook for 10 more minutes.

MEXICAN CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Put the chicken in a large pan with the whole and dried chillies, garlic, coriander stalks and cinnamon, cover with cold water, then set over a medium heat. When the liquid comes to the boil, reduce to a gentle simmer and cover with a lid. Cook for 30 mins, then turn off the heat and leave the chicken in the stock to cool for 20 mins.
• Remove the chicken, strain the liquid into a large jug (you should have about 800ml) and discard the aromatics. Return the liquid to the pan and simmer until it has reduced to about 600ml, then pour back into the jug.
• Heat 1 tbsp oil in the pan, add the onion and cook for 8-10 mins until soft and translucent, then stir in the spices, tomatoes and sugar. Add the chicken stock to the pan, season well and simmer with the lid ajar for 30 mins.
• While the soup cooks, remove the skin from the chicken and finely shred the meat. Add to the soup along with the sweetcorn, beans, lime zest and juice to taste (save a little to toss through the avocado), and cook for 5 mins more.
• Heat the remaining oil in a frying pan and add the tortilla pieces. Fry until golden and crispy, then drain on kitchen paper. Halve and peel the avocado, cut into small chunks and toss through the remaining lime juice. Serve the soup in bowls topped with the crispy tortillas, coriander leaves, sliced chilli, avocado and feta.

MEXICAN-STYLE BEAN SOUP WITH SHREDDED CHICKEN & LIME

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium pan, add the onion and pepper, and fry, stirring frequently, for 10 mins. Stir in the garlic and spices, then tip in the tomatoes and beans with their liquid, half a can of water and the bouillon powder. Simmer, covered, for 15 mins.
• Meanwhile, tip the chicken into a bowl, add the coriander and lime juice with a little chilli (if using, or see tip below for guacamole alternative) and toss well. Ladle the soup into two bowls, top with the chicken and serve.

MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Brown chicken and cut into small pieces.
• Add to crockpot.
• Saute onion, celery, and garlic until soft.
• Add to crockpot.
• Add broth, chili powder, and cumin.
• Add the green chiles, tomatoes, and oregano.
• Cook on'low' for 4 hours.
• Add hominy 30 minutes before serving.
• Add cilantro leaves, and lime juice just before serving.
• Season, to taste, with salt and pepper.
• Serve hot.