I’ve been meaning to make a variation of this soup for a couple years. It’s just a really memorable version of a green chile soup. The lime juice adds a special dimension, a tanginess.
This soup is super easy to make and freezes well. For a 100% Paleo version, use olive oil instead of butter. If you don’t care about Paleo, you can make it a chicken tortilla soup by adding tortilla strips or crushed/broken tortilla chips. Yum! You might also serve it with sour cream, shredded cheese, sliced black olives, whatever.
Share any other ideas you have for variations. Enjoy!
Chicken Chile Lime Soup
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An easy, flavorful and healthy soup great for any occasion.
Author: Anita Edge
Recipe type: Soup
Cuisine: Southwest
Serves: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 cup chopped onion (1 medium onion)
- 2 stalks celery
- 4 cloves garlic
- ¾ lb chicken breast
- 3 cans (14.5 oz) cups chicken broth
- 1 cup mild green chiles (peeled & seeded)
- 1 10 oz can diced tomatoes with green chile (Rotel)
- 1½ tsp cumin
- 1 tsp oregano
- ¼ cup fresh lime juice (2 limes)
- 1 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 avocado, chopped or sliced
- optional: sour cream, shredded cheese, tortilla strips or chips for garnish
Instructions
- Dice the onion and celery; mince the garlic. Cook the onion, celery, and garlic over medium heat for about 5 minutes or until tender.
- Puree the green chiles with one can of chicken broth in a blender. Put the onion, celery, and garlic mixture in a crockpot along with the chicken, pureed chiles, remaining chicken broth, canned tomatoes, cumin, and oregano.
- Cook on high for 1 hour, reduce to low heat and cook another hour.
- Remove the chicken breasts and use two forks to shred the meat; return the meat to the pot. Add the lime juice.
- Right before serving, stir in the cilantro.
- Add the avocado to each bowl.
does the chicken go in the crock pot with the rest of the ingredients to cook for 1 hr
Thanks for catching this. The chicken goes into the crockpot along with the first transfer of onions, celery, garlic, pureed chiles, chicken broth and spices. Then it’s cooked for 1 hour on high and 1 hour on low.
I’ve updated the recipe on the website at: http://denvergreenchili.com/recipes/soups-and-chilis/chicken-chile-lime-soup/
Thank you. Also can the chicken be lightly grilled before putting it the with the rest of the ingredients.