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Mexican Lime Soup

Monday, May 24th, 2010

When its chilly outside and all you want to do is to stay in bed, curl up with a good book and have a delicious soup that reminds you of what your mother used to make. This delicious soup is homey and hearty to satisfy your cravings for a home-cooked meal. What makes this recipe more interesting is the crunchy tortillas at the bottom, the interesting toppings of avocados, tomatoes and cilantro as well as a bit of spicy flavor from the jalapeños. Squeeze in some lime and you’ll have a fantastic meal.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 6 garlic cloves, sliced
  • 6 small skinless boneless chicken breast halves, cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-wide strips
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
  • 9 cups canned low-salt chicken broth
  • 1/3 cup fresh lime juice
  • 1 1/2 cups coarsely crushed tortilla chips
  • 2 avocados, peeled, pitted, diced
  • 3 tomatoes, chopped
  • 3 green onions,
  • sliced fresh cilantro,
  • chopped jalapeño chilies,
  • minced lime slices/wedges

Direction

  1. In a large soup pot heat oil
  2. Saute garlic in oil
  3. Add in chicken strips and seasoned with salt, pepper and oregano
  4. Saute them all together until chicken is slightly cook
  5. Mix in lime juice and broth and simmer in medium heat
  6. When it starts to simmer, reduce heat to low until chicken is fully cooked
  7. Add salt and pepper if needed Tortilla
  8. Crush tortilla chips and pale them in bowls
  9. Ladle in the soup into each bowls
  10. Squeeze in some lime into the soup
  11. Garnish the top it with tomatoes, green onions, avocados, jalapeños, cilantro
  12. Add some lime wedges at the side
  13. Serve hot with crusty garlic bread

About the Author

Mateo Gomez is a Mexican food enthusiast, and the founder of Allaboutmexicanfood.com. Check out http://allaboutmexicanfood.com for history-of-mexican-cooking recipe.