Chicken Tortilla And Lime Soup Recipes

TORTILLA SOUP WITH CHICKEN AND LIME

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Brush 1 side of tortillas with oil; cut in half. Stack halves and cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-wide strips. Spread strips on nonstick baking sheet. Bake until light golden, about 15 minutes. Cool on baking sheet.
• Combine broth, water, tomatoes, bay leaf, garlic, cumin and red pepper in saucepan; bring to boil. Reduce heat; simmer 5 minutes. Add chicken; simmer until just cooked through, about 5 minutes. Stir in green onions, cilantro and lime juice. Season with salt and pepper.
• Ladle soup into bowls. Sprinkle with tortilla strips and serve.

CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP WITH LIME

Steps:

• In a large resealable plastic bag, combine tortilla strips, 1 teaspoon oil and salt. Seal bag and shake to coat. Arrange tortilla strips on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 400° for 8-10 minutes or until crisp, stirring once. Remove to paper towels to cool., In a large saucepan, saute chicken in remaining oil until no longer pink and lightly browned. Add onion; cook and stir until onion is tender. Add broth and potatoes. , Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the corn, chilies, cilantro and pepper. Cook until heated through. Stir in lime juice. Garnish with tortilla strips.

CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP WITH LIME

Steps:

• In a large stock pot place the chicken and sprinkle with garlic salt. Add the water until its about 4 inches above the chicken. Wash the lime then cut it in half and add it to the pot. Bring water to a boil and continue until the chicken is cooked throughly. About 1-1 1/2 hours.
• Remove the chicken and let it cool. Remove the limes and skim the broth to remove fat. Shred the chicken after it has cooled off and set aside.
• To the broth add the chicken bouillon and let it simmer for a couple of minutes.
• Now add in your canned tomatoes and all your spices. I like to add in about 8 shakes of hot sauce (I use Cholula) Bring to a boil and add in the the zucchini and carrots and the shredded chicken.
• When the vegetables are done cooking your soup is done!
• Garnishes:.
• crumbled tortilla chips.
• shredded cheddar or montrey jack cheese.
• cilantro.
• sour cream.
• hot sauce like Cholula, Tapatio or tabsco.
• lime wedges.

CHICKEN, TORTILLA AND LIME SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over high heat, bring 3.
• 5 quarts of the broth to a boil.
• Reduce the heat so the stock boils gently and boil until reduced by half to about 7 cups (about 30 minutes).
• In a separate saucepan, combine the chicken breasts with the remaining 2 cups of broth.
• Bring to a simmer and cook gently until the chicken is opaque thruout when cut into with a knife, about 10 minutes.
• Transfer to a cutting board, and, when cool enough to handle, cut the chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces.
• Set aside.
• Discard the stock.
• In another skillet, warm the olive oil.
• Add the onion and saute, stirring occasionally until tender and translucent, about 10 minutes.
• Add the garlic and jalapeno chile and cook for 1-2 minutes to soften.
• Add to the reduced broth, raise the heat to high, and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to low, add the cooked chicken, the tomatoes, cilantro, lime juice, salt and pepper and simmer until the chicken is heated thru, about 5 minutes.
• Taste and adjust seasoning.
• While the soup is cooking, pour vegetable oil into a deep frying pan to a depth of 2 inches.
• Working in batches, drop in tortilla strips and fry until golden and crisp, about 2 minutes.
• Using a slotted spoon, transfer the fried tortilla strips to paper towels to drain.
• Ladle the soup into warmed bowls.
• Sprinkle lime pieces and tortilla evenly over the tops.
• Serve immediately.
• Also good with sliced avocado.

CHICKEN AND LIME TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Cut each piece of chicken into two, through the middle horizontally, to make four equal pieces. (Use a large sharp knife or kitchen shears to get through the bone.).
• In a large stock pot or dutch oven, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat until shimmering.
• Add about 3/4 of the diced onion. Cook for 3-5 minutes, or until mildly soft and slightly charred looking--but not burned.
• Remove onion with slotted spoon and set aside. Add the rest of the oil and reduce heat to medium.
• Salt and pepper chicken pieces, then lay skin side down in oil. Saute until well browned (4-5 minutes), then flip over and saute 3-4 more minutes.
• Add whole can of tomatoes, chicken broth, ALL of the onion and jalapeno. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to a simmer.
• Add oregano and salt and simmer for 20 minutes more, uncovered.
• Remove chicken from stock, discard skin and bones and shred meat with two forks.
• Add cayenne pepper and lime juice to taste (should be slightly spicy and slightly tart).
• At this point, soup will be fairly chunky. You can blend with a standing burr mixer in the pot, or throw the soup into a blender to smooth out. Or, you can eat it chunky. Whatever.
• Add chicken meat back to stock and reheat.
• Put desired amount of cooked rice in individual bowls, then ladle soup over top and garnish as desired.
• NOTE: To store leftovers, rice must be kept separate from soup, or it will absorb all of the liquid!

LIME SOUP WITH TORTILLA STRIPS AND CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat 1 cup oil in medium skillet over medium heat.
• Working in batches, add tortilla strips; fry until golden, about 2 minutes.
• Transfer to paper towels; drain.
• Mix broth and next 4 ingredients in large saucepan; bring to boil.
• Reduce heat; simmer 15 minutes.
• Add lime juice; season with salt and pepper.
• (Tortilla strips and soup can be made 1 day ahead. Store strips airtight at room temperature. Cover soup and chill; rewarm before continuing.)
• Meanwhile, heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper.
• Add chicken to skillet; sauté 3 minutes.
• Add tomato, bell pepper and onion.
• Sauté until chicken is cooked through, about 2 minutes longer.
• Place 1 lime slice in each of 6 bowls.
• Ladle soup over.
• Mound tortilla strips and chicken mixture in center of each.

LIME CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Cut tortillas into chips size strips. Heat oil in skillet until very hot but NOT smoking. Quickly fry the strips in batches until they are crisp, 1-2 min per side. Drain on paper towels.
• Fry the chicken breast on a pan until done (i like to pour some lime juice over chicken 1 min before removing from pan - it adds a nice fresh flavour to the chicken). Shred chicken as finely as your time allows. The finer the more the chicken flavour will mix with the soup.
• Make the salsa (tomatoes, onions, garlic, jalapeno, cilantro, olive oil, lime salt).
• Put the salsa and chicken broth in a large sauce pan.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, covered for 15 minute.
• Puree the soup with hand mixer or in blender.
• Add lime and salt to taste.
• Place tortilla chips and chicken in bowls, pour soup and garnish with shredded mexican cheese or other dry cheese.
• Tip 1 - if you know that you will be making the salsa for the soup only, there will be no need to finely chop any ingredients as it will be blended anyway.
• Tip 2 - I add more garlic and make the soup quite spicy.
• Tip 3 - the tortilla chips can be omitted.
• Tip 4 - I have also used canned diced tomatoes, drained well, instead of fresh tomatoes with good results.