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Mexican Chicken and Rice Soup
This simple soup is full of great flavor with a kick!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 small white onion, chopped
- 2 jalapenos, seeded and chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 (28 oz.) can crushed tomatoes
- 1 cup canned or frozen whole-kernel corn
- 3 chipotles in adobo sauce, roughly chopped
- 1 Tbsp. adobo sauce
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken (I used rotisserie chicken)
- 1 cup cooked white rice
- 2/3 cup salsa verde, homemade or store-bought (recommend Herdez brand)
- juice of half a lime
- salt and pepper
- garnish: diced avocado, fresh cilantro, tortilla chips, crumbled queso fresco, additional lime wedges
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat. Add onion and jalapenos and saute for 5 minutes until the onion is translucent and tender. Add garlic and saute for an additional minute until fragrant.
- Add chicken broth, tomatoes, corn, chipotles, adobo sauce, and stir to combine. Heat until nearly boiling, then reduce heat to medium-low and let simmer for at least 10 minutes. Stir in the chicken, rice, salsa verde and lime juice, and then season with salt and pepper.
- Serve warm garnished with lots of fresh avocado, cilantro, tortilla chips and queso fresco.
- (*See note below for options with more or less heat/spiciness.*)
Did you make this?Let me know how it turned out in the comments below!
Oh my gosh this looks like the best tortilla soup ever!
I’ve never had good luck with neighbors, but always had good luck with roommates! I love the little community feeling :) And especially when they know good food!
Gorgeous!! I am so glad you have wonderful friends in your building. Good neighbors are key!
I have an obsession with chipotle. And this is right up my alley for comfort food, looks delish!
So this is probably a totally obvious question, but: there’s no actual chicken in the recipe, just the broth? Or was that an accidental omission? Just thought from the title that there’d be chicken, so wanted to double check before I make it. Sounds delicious either way!
Day 1 of my fast and I shouldn’t be reading this. :) I love chicken and rice soup and this one is right up my alley! Especially with that avocado on top. ;)
This soup looks really good. I totally miss having great neighbors.
I like in a triplex with two friends in the other two apartments, so I know what you mean! So fun!
This soup looks DELICIOUS. A definite must-try. I love spicy soups,so I’ll be kickin it up a notch! :)
Great neighbours are very important. In general my are awesome except for one who plays a very loud music definitely too often. Maybe I should present him this soup and ask to turn it down. Nothing else seems to work.
There’s just one thing missing from this soup. My face.