Puerto Rican Chicken Soup Recipes

PUERTO RICAN CHICKEN SOUP (SOPA DE POLLO BORICUA)

Steps:

• Add the tablespoon of oil to a caldero, dutch oven or medium to large pot. Heat oil over medium heat. Stir in the sofrito and stir fry for 2 minutes.
• Add the onions, bay leaves and sazon. Stir well and cook for a minute.
• Rinse chicken pieces and sprinkle with a little bit of the adobo seasoning. Note: If you do not have any adobo, simply sprinkle chicken pieces with a little bit of salt to season.Add chicken pieces to pot.
• Add carrots and cook for a few minutes with all other ingredients.
• Add either water or chicken broth to pot. Stir.(Note: If using solely water you can add the chicken bouillon now to pot)
• Add cilantro.
• Rinse corn under cool water and either add to pot whole or cut in half and then add to pot.
• Add potatoes.
• Taste soup and add salt as needed. Add pepper to taste. Stir.Cook soup for 35-40 minutes.
• Add the pasta and chicken breast chunks in the last 15 minutes of cooking. Stir.Soup is done!

SOPA DE FIDEO (CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP)

Steps:

• In a large bowl season chicken with garlic powder, salt, pepper, and 2 teaspoons of oregano.
• Heat oil over a large pot over medium high heat. Add in the seasoned chicken and cook for two minutes before adding in the sofrito and remaining seasonings.
• Cook for an additional two minutes before adding in the tomato sauce, bay leaves, celery, carrots, peppers, and chicken broth.
• Lower heat to a steady simmer and cook for twenty minutes before adding in the cilantro and spaghetti. Mix and cook until pasta is al dente.
• Taste for additional salt and pepper and squeeze fresh lime juice over soup when serving.

PUERTO RICAN CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP (SOPAS DE POLLO Y FIDEOS)

Steps:

• Rub the chicken with salt, pepper and oregano and one tablespoon olive oil and set aside for 30 minutes.
• In a large heavy pot sauté the sofrito, onions and celery with remaining olive oil, for 5 minutes over medium-low heat. Brown the chicken pieces to seal in their flavor. Add the chicken stock or water to the chicken and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
• Raise the heat and bring to a boil once more; add carrots, potatoes, sazon and bay leaf. Reduce heat to medium and cook uncovered for 20 minutes, until carrot and potatoes are tender, stirring occasionally. During the last 5 - 10 , minutes add the angel hair and cook until pasta is done.

PUERTO RICAN CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• in large stock pot heat oil
• add onion, carrots and green pepper, saute
• add rice, chili and pepper, saute
• add garlic, saute
• add water, garlic powder, tomato sauce, chicken, bay leaf and vinegar.
• cook for 1 hour covered until chicken is done.
• take chicken out and debone add chunks of chicken back inches.
• remove bay leaves.

PUERTO RICAN SANCOCHO

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-low heat; add onion, garlic, cilantro, white pepper, oregano, and salt. Cook and stir until onion is browned and very tender, about 20 minutes. Add stew meat; cook and stir until meat is browned on all sides, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Pour enough water over meat mixture to fill pot 3/4 full; add tomato sauce and beef bouillon.
• Mix green beans, carrots, celery, chayote squash, white beans, cabbage, green banana, yellow plantain, llautias, potatoes, pumpkin, corn, and green bell pepper (in this order), cooking and stirring after each addition. Cook until all the vegetables are tender and stew has formed a rich broth, 2 to 3 hours. Add more water or salt if needed.