Cilantro Lime Chicken Soup

Nanita
Nanita @cook_2924762
Toronto

This was a really easy soup to make but full of flavour, something about the lime and cilantro is just perfect. I garnished with tortilla chips.for an extra crunch.

Cilantro Lime Chicken Soup

This was a really easy soup to make but full of flavour, something about the lime and cilantro is just perfect. I garnished with tortilla chips.for an extra crunch.

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Ingredients

15 mins
4 servings
  1. 1 tspvegetable oil
  2. 1leek thinly sliced
  3. 2peppers chopped
  4. 2celery stalks chopped
  5. 3garlic cloves minced
  6. 1 tbspdried oregano
  7. 1/4 tsphot red chili flakes
  8. 1/4 tspnutmeg
  9. 1cube chicken bouillon
  10. 2skinless boneless chicken breasts or 4 skinless boneless chicken thighs
  11. 1 cupfrozen corn niblets
  12. 1lime plus 1 more for wedges
  13. 1/2 cupcoarsely chopped cilantro

Cooking Instructions

15 mins
  1. 1

    Add oil to large pot over medium heat along with leek stirring frequently until leek softens slightly 1 min. Add peppers and celery. cook until vegetables begin to caramelize 12 min.

  2. 2

    Add garlic and cook 1 min. stir in 3 cups of water and spices. Increase heat to hight and bring to a boil

  3. 3

    Stir in bouillon cube until dissolved. Add chicken. Reduce heat and simmer until chicken is cooked through, 6 min.

  4. 4

    Remove chicken to a cutting board. Using 2 forks, shred chicken. Then stir into soup along with corn. Cook until corn is hot, about 2 min. Stir in juice from half a lime, along with cilantro, Serve soup with lime wedges and garnish with tortilla chips if you wish.

  5. 5

    PointPlus 2 for 1 cup.

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