Santa Fe Chicken Soup Recipes

CHICKEN SANTA FE SOUP - QUICK AND EASY

Steps:

• Cut chicken breasts into 1" pieces.
• In heavy skillet, saute chicken and onion in olive oil until onionis crisp-tender.
• Add remaining ingredients, stir to blend, and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Directions for freezing and thawing:.
• Cool soup in refrigerator or ice water bath.
• Pour soup into rigid containers; seal, label, and freeze.
• To thaw and reheat, thaw soup overnight in refrigerator, then reheat in heavy saucepan until bubbly.
• To reheat from frozen, place frozen soup in top of double boiler; heat over simmering water, stirring occasionally, until soup is hot.
• Transfer to saucepan and heat until bubbly.

SANTA FE CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a Dutch oven and add the chicken.
• Season with the poultry seasoning, cumin, salt and pepper.
• Lightly brown the chicken.
• Add the zucchini, onion, garlic and chipotle pepper.
• Cook the vegetables with the chicken 5 to 7 minutes to soften.
• Add the tomatoes, tomato sauce and stock.
• Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium-low.
• Simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add the corn and roasted red pepper to the soup and heat through.
• At this point, you can stir the crushed tortilla chips into the soup but I prefer to divide them between the soup dishes and ladle the hot soup over them.
• Garnish each serving with a dollop of sour cream and a generous sprinkle of cheese.

SANTA FE CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken breasts with salt, pepper and cumin. Grill for 5 minutes each side. Let them rest while you make the rest of the soup.
• Heat your dutch oven over high heat, add 1 tbsp olive oil, add onions, celery and garlic. Allow onions to brown slightly.
• Add chicken stock, tomatoes, corn, black beans and rice. Bring to a gentle boil. Add cumin, coriander and cilantro. Cook until beans and rice are done, approximately 25 minutes.
• Cut chicken breasts into one inch cubes and add to the soup. Allow another 10 to 15 minutes to continue to cook.
• Serve with a dollop of sour cream, some corn chips with guacamole -- for a complete dinner.

WHY-THE-CHICKEN-CROSSED-THE-ROAD SANTA FE-TASTIC TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a grill pan to high and a soup pot to medium high. Drizzle oil on corn and place on grill. Add red pepper to grill with corn. Char vegetables 10 minutes, total, turning occasionally. Remove to cool, 5 minutes. Remove charred skin from the pepper.
• While vegetables cook, dice chicken. Add 2 tablespoons oil to hot soup pot. Add chicken to pot. Season with poultry seasoning, cumin, salt and pepper. Lightly brown chicken on each side. Add zucchini, onions and garlic and chipotle peppers. Cook vegetables with chicken 5 to 7 minutes to soften. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce and stock. Bring soup to a bubble, reduce heat to medium low.
• Scrape corn off cob and add to soup. Chop grilled red pepper and stir into soup. Add chips to soup in handfuls and fold in. Serve soup immediately with scatter of shredded cheese and a dollop of sour cream. Top with any or all of the suggested garnishes.

SANTA FE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, saute meat and onion together until meat it cooked through.
• Stir in seasonings.
• Add remaining ingredients (and juice from all cans) and simmer for 2 hours.
• Garnish with sour cream, sliced green onion, chopped pickled jalapeno, shredded cheddar cheese, and either tortilla chips or Fritos.

SANTA FE CHICKEN FAJITA SOUP

Steps:

• Combine seasoning mix and water in medium bowl. Add chicken; toss to evenly coat. Refrigerate 30 min.
• Cook garlic and cilantro in large nonstick saucepan on medium-high heat 1 min. Stir in chicken mixture, onions and peppers; cook 10 min. or until chicken is done, stirring frequently.
• Add Neufchatel, VELVEETA and broth; mix well. Cook on medium heat until Neufchatel and VELVEETA are completely melted and soup is heated through, stirring occasionally.