Southwestern Lemon Chicken Soup With Chilies Recipes

CHILIS SOUTHWEST CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Place 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in a large pot. Season chicken breast with salt. Cook the chicken breast over medium heat for about 6 to 7 minutes on each side. (The chicken should be fully cooked). Remove chicken from the pot, and when cool to the touch, shred the chicken.
• Place one tablespoon of vegetable oil to the same pot where the chicken was cooked. Saute garlic and onion until the onion is translucent. Add celery and cook for 2 to 3 minutes more.
• Add tomato paste, and stir well. Saute for about 1 minute stirring constantly, add chicken stock.
• Add chipotle peppers, hominy, green chilis, diced tomatoes, and shredded chicken. Cook until the soup has heated through.
• Add a squeeze of lime juice, and about 1 tablespoon of chopped cilantro.
• If desired you can use corn chips, or slice a few corn tortillas thin, and fry them in vegetable oil until very crisp.
• Garnish soup with fried corn tortilla strips, chopped cilantro, and shredded cheese if desired.

SOUTHWESTERN CHICKEN BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, saute onion and garlic in oil until tender. Add the water, corn, beans, tomato sauce, tomatoes, broth, barley, chilies, chili powder and cumin. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer after 45 minutes., Stir in chicken; cook, uncovered, 15 minutes longer or until chicken is heated through and barley is tender.

WEIGHT WATCHERS SOUTHWESTERN CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 1 teaspoon oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Sprinkle chicken with salt and black pepper. Add chicken to pot and cook, stirring often, until lightly browned and cooked through, about 5 minutes. Transfer to plate.
• 2. Add remaining 1 teaspoon oil to pot. Add onion, bell pepper, and jalapeño and cook, stirring often, until vegetables are softened, about 3 minutes. Add garlic, chili powder, and cumin and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, 30 seconds. Stir in broth, tomatoes, and corn. Cover and bring to boil.
• 3. Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender, about 8 minutes. Stir in chicken and cook just until heated through, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in lime juice.
• 4. Ladle soup evenly into 4 bowls. Top each with 2 slices avocado and sprinkle evenly with cilantro.
• 5. Serving size: 1¾ cups soup with 2 slices avocado.
• Notes.
• Make a double batch of the soup and cover and refrigerate up to 4 days or freeze up to 3 months.