You didn’t think that I would go this whole snowy and windy day without making a soup, did you? Today’s feature is a low-calorie, high flavor soup that you don’t need ANY kind of cooking skills to make.
Sopa de Pollo is a fun item to order at Mexican restaurants since there are so many different variations on how they make it…it’s always unique! Sometimes there’s corn, sometimes rice, sometimes it’s a different color…you just don’t know what you’ll get!
This is one of my all time favorite soups since it’s great to “mix up” the leftovers during the week by adding some rice or pasta, or topping with tortillas for lunch.
Puerto Rican Chicken Soup (Sopa de Pollo)
6 Servings
Prep 15 min
Cook 30 min
Ingredients:
- 3 chicken breasts
- 7 cups chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 6 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 2 jalapenos, deseeded and finely chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 can canned diced tomatoes, drained
- Juice of 2 limes or 1 ½ TBSP lime juice
- ½ tsp cumin
- Salt and pepper
- 1 hass avocado, thinly sliced lengthwise into 12 pieces
Directions:
1. In a medium-sized pot, place the chicken breasts and 2 cups of the chicken broth and boil for 10 minutes, or until chicken is cooked. SAVE THE CHICKEN BROTH. Then shred the chicken into small spoon sized bites. TIP: cut the chicken breast down the middle to ensure the shreds aren’t too long.
2. In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Stir in the onion and garlic, lower the heat to medium and cook until the onion begins to brown, about 7 minutes. Increase the heat to high, push the vegetables to the side of the pan, add the chicken and cook, stirring, until golden, about 5 minutes.
3. Add the chicken broth that was boiling the chicken and the remaining 4 cups. Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes, skimming any foam. Stir in the cumin, jalapeno (start with ½ and then add to your liking), tomatoes, cilantro and lime juice; season with salt and pepper.
4. Place 2 avocado slices in each of 6 soup bowls and pour in the soup. Topping with tortilla chips would also be nice but I was stranded.
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