Mexican Chicken Soup With Chick Peas Avocado And Chipotles Recipes

MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP WITH GARBANZO BEANS (CALDO TLALPENO)

Steps:

• Combine chicken breasts, 1/2 an onion, celery, and parsley with cold water and chicken bouillon in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer the stock until chicken is no longer pink in the center, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Remove chicken from the stock and shred with a fork. Strain stock and discard onion, celery, and parsley. Return stock to the saucepan.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add chopped onion and garlic; cook and stir until transparent, about 3 minutes. Add tomatoes and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Let cool slightly, about 5 minutes. Pour mixture into a blender; add 1 cup stock. Cover and hold lid down with a potholder; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend.
• Pour tomato mixture into the saucepan of stock; add chickpeas and carrots. Let simmer until carrots are nearly softened, about 10 minutes. Stir in the shredded chicken and chipotle peppers. Let simmer until flavors blend and carrots are tender, about 10 minutes more. Season with salt and serve with avocados, lime quarters, and Oaxaca cheese on the side.

MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP WITH CHICK PEAS, AVOCADO AND CHIPOTLES

Steps:

• Combine the chicken stock, onion, garlic, carrot, chick peas and salt to taste in a large soup pot, and bring to a simmer. Cover and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Add the zucchini, and simmer for another 10 to 15 minutes, until the vegetables are tender and the broth fragrant but the zucchini has not lost all of its brightness. Taste and adjust salt.
• Just before serving, stir in the chicken, chipotles and cilantro, and heat through. Ladle the soup into bowls. Place a few avocado slices in each bowl, squeeze in a little lime juice and serve, passing additional lime wedges at the table.

MEXICAN CHIPOTLE CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Add oil to a stock pot. Sprinkle chicken breast with salt and pepper and brown on both sides. The breast does not have to be cooked through. Remove from pot and shred with a fork.
• Add onion, garlic and minced chipotle to the oil. Fry quickly for about 1 minute. Then add the tomatoes, stock, corn and cilantro. Bring to a boil, add the shredded chicken and simmer for 5 minutes. Taste and adjust salt and pepper.
• Add the diced avocado and bring back to a boil. Remove from the heat.
• To serve, ladle into soup bowls and sprinkle fried tortilla strips on top.

CHIPOTLE-CHICKEN SOUP WITH AVOCADO

Steps:

• Place the chicken, Spanish onions, garlic,and the chipotle in a large soup pot.
• Sprinkle in the salt,and the garlic and onion powders.
• Put in enough water to cover over all.(about 2 quarts).
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to simmer.
• Cook at a "fast simmer",( but not a "rolling" boil) for about 1 hour, or until chicken is thoroughly done.
• Remove the chicken to cool.Keep the broth over low heat in the meantime.
• Taste the broth and adjust the seasonings as desired (more salt, etc.).
• Peel, pit and chop the avocados into small chunks.
• Pour the lime juice over the avocado chunks and toss.
• When chicken is cooled enough to handle, remove ALL bones, fat and gristle.
• Tear all the chicken meat into bite size bits.
• Arrange equal amounts of the chicken meat in 4 soup bowls.
• Do the same over the chicken meat with the green onion, cilantro, and avocado.
• Ladle the hot broth into each bowl,and serve with lime wedges.

MEXICAN CHICKPEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425. Put fresh vegetables, garlic, 1 tbsp oil, the salt and pepper in a roasting pan or on 2 rimmed baking sheets; toss to mix and coat.
• Spread in a single layer and roast stirring once for 25 minutes or until vegetables are lightly browned and tender.
• Heat remaining 1 tbsp oil in a large saucepan over low heat. Stir in oregano, cumin and cinnamon; cook about 1 minute until fragrant.
• Stir in 5 cups water, the chickpeas, tomatoes, corn and chipotle peppers.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes to blend flavors.
• Stir in roasted vegetables and cilantro; reheat if necessary.