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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!
I’d love to be your neighbor. Being reimbursed in cookies sounds perfect. Wow, this soup looks delicious. Chipotles are my fav!
That is absolutely stunning looking!!! How great that you have such friendly neighbors around you. I want to come live in your building so you can share your soup and photo tips with me.
Wow, this looks so perfect! I bet this tastes absolutely amazing :)
Writing down all the ingredients and headed to the store now. Can’t wait to have this for dinner tonight!!
think you could put raw chicken breast in the crock with all the other ingredients???
Yum…
Will you believe if I tell you this is exactly what I was craving right now… I just need a bowl of hot and spicy and dense soup with chicken and rice and this is is the kind that would have made me so happy..
Love it!
This is my kind of soup, I love it!
I love everything about this soup — especially the avocado on top. Yum!
Gorgeous soup, Ali. And I loved reading your experience at the orphanage!
I wish my neighbors were as friendly as that!! I only know a handful of the people around me and even then, only by sight…i don’ think we’ve ever exchanged names!
Maybe I need to walk around handing out bowls of this soup! A great conversation starter :)