The Essential Soup Cookbook: Comforting, Hearty Favorites by Janet Zimmerman

Author:Janet Zimmerman [Zimmerman, Janet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-08-02T22:00:00+00:00

SERVES 4

DAIRY-FREE, SLOW COOKER

CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP WITH LIME AND AVOCADO

PREP TIME: 15 minutes COOK TIME: 8 to 10 hours

This delightful soup is tangy, filling, and packed with flavors you’ll love. The creamy avocado, black beans, tangy tomatoes, and chicken taste perfect together. A hearty dose of cilantro is the ideal fresh garnish. Most of all, though, it couldn’t be easier to make—simply place the ingredients into the pot and come home to a piping-hot soup almost ready to serve.

1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, trimmed

4 cups low-sodium chicken stock

1 (15-ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed

1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained

1 (10-ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chilies, drained

1 yellow onion, diced

3 garlic cloves, minced

2 limes, divided

1 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro

1 avocado, peeled, halved, pitted, and diced

2 (6-inch) corn tortillas, cut into strips

1. In a slow cooker, combine the chicken, chicken stock, black beans, diced tomatoes, tomatoes with green chilies, onion, and garlic. Cover the cooker and cook on low heat for 8 to 10 hours, until the chicken is cooked through.

2. Using two forks, shred the chicken.

3. Juice 1½ of the limes and add the juice to the slow cooker, reserving the remaining lime half. Stir in the cilantro, avocado, and tortilla strips.

4. Cut the remaining lime half into 4 wedges. Serve the soup with a lime wedge.

VARIATION: To prepare this soup on the stove top, in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Add the onion and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the onion begins to brown. Add the chicken stock, diced tomatoes, tomatoes with green chilies, black beans, and chicken to the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover the pot, and cook for about 25 minutes, or until the chicken can be easily shredded with two forks. Finish the recipe as instructed in steps 3 and 4.

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