Caldo De Pollo Chicken And Rice Soup Recipes

CALDO DE POLLO OR CHICKEN SOUP MEXICAN STYLE

Steps:

• In a large pot, place the water, chicken, salt, and garlic. Bring the ingredients to a boil, then reduce to medium heat and let simmer for 15 minutes. While the broth is simmering, skim the foam that forms on top of the water.
• In a separate pan, heat up the oil on medium heat, add rice and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 2-3 minutes. Be careful not to burn it.
• Add chopped onion and continue cooking until onion is translucent, for about 2 minutes.
• Add chopped tomato and cook for another 3 minutes.
• Add this mixture to the chicken pot.
• Stir in the carrots, celery, and potatoes to the soup and let come to a boil. Reduce heat. Allow it to simmer until vegetables cook through, about 20-30 minutes.
• Add tomato sauce, cilantro during the last 5 minutes of cooking. Check again for salt.
• Ladle soup into bowls including a piece of chicken for each serving, and serve with lime wedges and warm corn tortillas.
• Optional: Add slices of avocado to your soup.

CALDO DE POLLO (CHICKEN SOUP) AND MEXICAN RICE

Steps:

• In a pot on medium heat, add water, chicken, onions, carrots, corn, potato, salt, and pepper. Leave covered.
• Once the chicken is fully cooked, add zucchini and celery. Mix until fully incorporated. Then, bring the pot to a simmer.
• Optional. Serve topped with cilantro and freshly squeezed lemon juice.
• Cook rice per package instructions.
• While the rice is cooking, add tomato, onions, garlic, cumin, and salt. Mix until fully incorporated. Serve and enjoy.

CALDO DE POLLO (MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP)

Steps:

• Combine 6 cups chicken broth, water, chicken tenders, chicken bouillon cubes, olive oil, granulated garlic, cumin, salt, and pepper in a large pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover pot, and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 25 minutes. Gently shred chicken using 2 forks. Add onion to broth and simmer for about 5 more minutes.
• Bring 2 cups chicken broth, rice, and chili powder to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, about 25 minutes.
• Spoon rice into each serving bowl and pour soup over rice. Garnish with avocado slices and cilantro.

MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP WITH RICE (CALDO DE POLLO CON ARROZ)

Steps:

• Bring water and rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and water has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Place tomatoes in a pot with water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook until soft but not falling apart, 5 to 8 minutes. Drain and let cool briefly. Peel and place in a blender; add onion, chipotle peppers, garlic, and black pepper. Blend until smooth. Strain mixture, discarding solids, for the sauce.
• Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add carrots and celery; saute until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Pour in blended tomato sauce. Add chicken broth and bouillon. Cook and stir until carrot and celery are soft, 10 to 15 minutes. Add peas and chicken breast; cook until heated through, about 3 minutes. Serve soup over a spoonful of rice; top with avocado slices and Monterey Jack cheese.

CALDO DE POLLO CHICKEN AND RICE SOUP

Steps:

• clean chicken then split down the spine and remove as much skin as possible.
• add chicken, onion, garlic & seasonings to a large pot and fill with broth & water.
• cut tops and ends off all veggies and add them to the pot.
• heat over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.
• reduce heat, cover and cook for 1 hour. Don't boil too hard or broth will evaporate too quickly.
• cut & dice vegetables.
• remove chicken and let cool then cube.
• add the carrots, celery and chayotes, the lime juice, el pato sauce, diced tomatoes, and jalapeno, and let boil for 15 minutes.
• add cabbage, corn and the cubed chicken and cook until all veggies are soft (approx. 10 minutes). add cilantro at the very end.
• add 3-4 spoonfuls of my spanish rice recipe when serving.

SOPA DE POLLO CON ARROZ (CHICKEN AND RICE SOUP)

Steps:

• Extract giblets from chicken and remove the liver.
• Place chicken in a pot of water just large enough to hold it.
• Cover with 1-2 quarts of water and add the giblets.
• Add salt and bring to a boil, skimming off any foam.
• Reduce heat, cover pot, and simmer for 20 or more minutes.
• Chicken should fall apart after cooking.
• Completely bone out the cooked chicken.
• Separate white meat for use in the finished soup.
• Crack the bones and return them to the stock with the skin.
• Add all other non-meat parts of the chicken back to the stock.
• Bring stock and giblets back to a fast simmer.
• Cook stock for 1/2-1 hour longer.
• Begin washing rice.
• Strain stock and remove most, but not all of the fat.
• Peel the potato, tomato and carrots.
• Bring stock to a boil and reduce heat.
• Cut carrots into coins, dice potato into 1/2" cubes and add with cabbage cut into 1" chunks.
• Chop onion coarsely and add along with pressed or finely minced garlic.
• Remove strings by breaking the top of the stalk backwards and pulling down to strip them out, slice celery into medium pieces and add.
• Peel and seed tomato, strain tomato juice from seeds and add with chopped cilantro leaves.
• Chop some of the celery heart's leaves and add with diced chicken white meat in 1/2" chunks.
• Finish washing rice and add to soup.
• During last half hour of cooking add all other spices.
• Adjust salt to taste (this recipe can take a lot of salt).
• Avoid adding too much cumin, it will spoil the flavor.
• DO NOT let the soup boil, it will turn to mush.
• DO NOT use the chicken liver in the soup.
• When the rice begins to "bloom" turn off the heat.
• Elbow macaroni, stars or alphabet pasta may be used.
• If using pasta, omit or reduce the amount of rice.
• If the stock is made right it will gel when chilled.
• Note: This recipe took years to figure out.
• DO NOT use chicken bullion cubes or paste when making this.
• They will cloud the soup and destroy its delicate bouquet.
• Tinned broth is acceptable but will not compare to using the stock described above.