Tortilla-less Chicken Soup

I served this at Nick’s Chili Fest at Nick’s Garden Center in Aurora on September 8 and got a number of requests for the recipe. This crowd liked it hot – I ended up adding more and more hot green chiles (Mirasol), but I suggest you adjust the chiles to your own taste.

This is a Paleo recipe – gluten free, low fat, very healthy and suitable to a number of different diets. Plus it just plain tastes good and is satisfying, no one would guess this is a “diet” recipe.

Tortilla-less Chicken Soup

 

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Prep time

30 mins

Cook time

4 hours

Total time

4 hours 30 mins

 

This is an easy, crowd-pleasing gluten-free Paleo soup recipe. This is adapted from a recipe in Paleo Slow Cooking: Gluten Free Recipes Made Simple. I served this at the Chili Fest at Nick's Garden Center on September 8 and many people asked for the recipe. I also started with about ¼ cup of Mirasol chiles and people wanted it hotter - so I added more. I suggest adding just some of the chiles and then adjust by adding more to get the desired heat.

Author: Anita Edge

Recipe type: Soup

Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1½ cups chopped yellow onion (about 1 medium)
• 4 celery stalks, chopped
• 3 carrots, chopped
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 fully cooked rotisserie chicken (or 4 chicken breasts)
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 15-oz can chicken broth
• 1 10-oz can diced tomatoes with green chiles (Rotel or similar)
• 1 28-oz can El Pato Enchilada Sauce
• ½ cup hot diced green chiles (can substitute 1 jalapeno, diced)
• 1½ tsp cumin
• 1½ tsp chili powder
• ½ cup coconut milk

Instructions

1. In a medium-sized pan, saute the onion, celery, and carrots, in olive oil until the onions are translucent, about 5 minutes over medium heat. Then place in crockpot.
2. Add remaining ingredients, except for chicken*, cover, and cook on low for 4 hours. * If using raw chicken breasts instead of rotisserie chicken, add the breasts and cook on low for 8 hours.
3. Meanwhile, remove chicken meat from bone and shred. Add to crockpot 20 minutes before the 3 hours are up. * If using raw chicken breasts, remove them from crockpot after 7 hours, let cool 30 minutes, shred chicken, then add shredded chicken back into crockpot.

Notes

I bought the rotisserie chicken and shredded it a half day before. Then I put the bones in the crockpot with water and let it cook on high to generate my own chicken broth.

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