Chilis Southwest Chicken Soup Recipes

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.

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.

THE ULTIMATE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP

Steps:

• Pat chicken dry with paper towels; sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a 6-qt. stockpot, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken in batches, skin side down; cook until dark golden brown, 3-4 minutes. Remove chicken from pan; remove and discard skin. Discard drippings, reserving 2 tablespoons., Add onion to drippings; cook and stir over medium-high heat until tender, 4-5 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add broth, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Bring to a boil. Return chicken to pan. Add celery, carrots, bay leaves and thyme. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until chicken is tender, 25-30 minutes., Transfer chicken to a plate. Remove soup from heat. Add noodles; let stand, covered, until noodles are tender, 20-22 minutes., Meanwhile, when chicken is cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones; discard bones. Shred meat into bite-sized pieces. Return meat to stockpot. Stir in parsley and lemon juice. If desired, adjust seasoning with additional salt and pepper. Discard bay leaves.