Mexican Chicken Lime Soup
This Mexican Chicken Lime Soup has the PERFECT amount of heat from the chipotle peppers, tang from the limes, crunch from the tortilla chips, and is served with smooth, cooling avocado to create a harmonious dish!
I think by this time of fall last year I had posted 7 soup recipes!!! I am behind! Haha. If you are new to my blog, you will realize that I absolutely LOVE soup! It’s my favorite fall food. We have soup at least once a week once mid-September hits (and sometimes even earlier!)
This Mexican Chicken Lime Soup has the PERFECT amount of heat from the chipotle peppers and tang from the limes. It doesn’t look like much, but trust me, it is! Just ignore my bad food styling on this one, I must have been super HUNGRY! Haha.
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The way we made this soup is a little more broth, a little less chunks, but you can always add more chicken for a chunkier soup.
One of my favorite parts of this soup is the slices of avocado that cools down the heat you get from the chipotle. It’s a magical thing when flavors marry together to harmonize in your mouth! So delicious! The tortilla strips were also welcomed into my bowl! Love those! This might not be the best soup for kids, but adults will really enjoy this one!
Mexican Chicken Lime Soup
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 3 tsp minced garlic
- 1 large chicken breast, cubed
- 2 Tbsp pureed chipotle with adobo sauce, (Puree a whole can and use 2 Tbsp of it, then freeze the rest in an ice cube tray, and transfer frozen cubes to a zip-top bag for future recipes.)
- 6 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- ½ cup cilantro, chopped
- juice of 2 limes, (about 6 Tbsp)
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 avocado, thinly sliced into 12 pieces
- tortilla strips or crushed chips
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Stir in the onion and garlic, lower the heat to medium and cook until the onion is translucent, about 7 minutes.
- Add the chicken and cook, stirring, until cooked through, about 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in the pureed chipotles, then stir in the chicken broth.
- Lower the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Stir in the cilantro and lime juice; season with salt and pepper.
- Place 2 avocado slices in each of 6 soup bowls and pour in the soup. Top with the tortilla chips.
Notes
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Stumbled across this on Pinterest. Can’t wait to try it! Could I make it and then crock pot it to keep it warm while at church? Looking for something to make that can be ready right when we get home…
Sara karrasch skkarrasch@gmail.com
For sure! Just don’t add the tortillas, avocado, or lime until just before you eat it. You could also probably omit the oil, cut up the chicken, and throw it all in the crock pot to cook while you are at church. Although I still like to saute my onions before throwing them in the crock pot.
I could seriously eat soup all year, too. I feel like all I blogged this summer was rich, hearty comfort food.. because that’s what we eat. Apparently some people don’t?! This soup looks perfect, any month of the year!
I’m all for comfort food all year round! Thanks Ashley!
I’ll definitely be trying this one. We love soups, too. I’ve already decided on making soup one night a week. Tomorrow night I’m making your Zuppa Toscana. 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
I seriously live off of soup, pretty much all year round! So I’m glad you are a soup lover too Jennifer, and I hope you enjoy my recipes!
I can have soup all year round and especially when it starts to get cooler. Love the flavors in this one – anything with a kick of spice and avocado sounds amazing to me 🙂
I LOVE AVOCADOS! So they are perfect to cool down the spice in this without killing all the heat!
I am loving all of the soups floating around lately. This is one of my favorites so far. The chipotle and lime flavors with the slices of avocado sound delightful. Pinning!
I was nervous about posting this one because although it is SO delicious, my photography and food styling kind of sucked on this one, but I’m glad you still want to make it because you will love it!