Yucatan Chicken Lime Soup

Name: Yucatan Chicken Lime Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 chicken breast with bone; 4 cloves garlic; 1 chopped celery stick; 1/2 chopped carrot; Salt and pepper; 2 tablespoons oil; 1/2 chopped onion; 1/2 green pepper in strips (optional); 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; Avocado; Strips of fried tortilla; Chili in slices; Sliced lemon

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Prep 30 min
Total 60 min
Servings 4

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When I was in Yucatan, I had the opportunity to enjoy a variety of delicious food, but I fell in love with this Yucatecan chicken lime soup. I’ve prepared it several times at home and always find it tasty, light, and it’s very easy to make. I must confess that sometimes I serve it with cooked white rice, but only because I like it that way. The fried tortillas give it a very particular crisp texture and would not change them for anything. Give it a try, I hope you like it as much as I do.

by: Tablespoon Kitchens

Updated Jul 21, 2017

Ingredients

1 chicken breast with bone
4 cloves garlic
1 chopped celery stick
1/2 chopped carrot
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoons oil
1/2 chopped onion
1/2 green pepper in strips (optional)
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Garnish with:

Avocado
Strips of fried tortilla
Chili in slices
Sliced lemon

Steps

1

In a saucepan cook the chicken breast with garlic, celery, carrot, salt and pepper until soft. You can use chicken broth or water.
2

Turn off the heat and let cool.
3

Remove the bone from the breast and unravel it in thick strips.
4

Strain the broth and reserve.
5

Heat oil in a pot. Sauté onion until smooth. Add green pepper and cherry tomato.
6

Add the lemon juice, the rest of the chicken and broth.
7

Cook for a few minutes until it’s very hot.
8

Turn off the heat, serve in bowls with avocado, strips of fried tortilla, slices of colorful yellow pepper, and slices of lemon.

Expert Tips

tip 1
Use yellow pepper instead of green pepper.
tip 2
Use tortilla chips instead of fried tortilla.
tip 3
Do you have leftover chicken? Chop and combine it with celery and mayonnaise to make sandwiches.