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Recipe for Chicken/Lime Soup
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2/23/2014 chicken & lime soup
http://www.budgetbytes.com/easyrecipe-print/13119-0/ 1/1
Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
1 hour 15 mins
Total time
1 hour 25 mins
chicken & lime soup
Total Cost: $6.39Cost Per Serving: $1.07Serves: 6
Ingredients
2 Tbsp olive oil $0.24
1 medium yellow onion $0.28
2 stalks celery $0.45
1 medium jalapeno $0.09
4 cloves garlic $0.32
¾ lb. chicken breast $1.46
6 cups chicken broth* $0.421 (14.5 oz.) can diced tomatoes w/chiles $0.95
1 tsp oregano $0.05
½ Tbsp cumin $0.08
1 medium lime $0.33
½ bunch cilantro $0.43
1 medium avocado $1.29
Instructions
1. Dice the onion, celery, and jalapeno (scrape the seeds out of the jalapeno before dicing). Mince thegarlic. Cook the onion, celery, jalapeno, and garlic in olive oil over medium heat for about 5 minutes oruntil tender.
2. Add the chicken breast, chicken broth, canned tomatoes with chiles, oregano, and cumin to the pot.Bring the whole pot up to a boil over high heat then reduce the heat to low, place a lid on top, and letsimmer for one hour.
3. After simmering for an hour with a lid on, carefully remove the chicken breast from the pot and usetwo forks to shred the meat. Return the meat to the pot. Squeeze the juice of one lime into the soup.Get as much juice as possible from the lime by using a spoon to scrape the inside of the lime.
4. Rinse the cilantro and then roughly chop the leaves. Add to the pot, give it a quick stir, and serve. Dicethe avocado and add a few chunks to each bowl.
Notes
*I use Better Than Bouillon chicken soup base to make my broth because it is less expensive than buyingcanned or boxed broths.
Recipe by Budget Bytes at http://www.budgetbytes.com/2012/10/chicken-lime-soup/