recipes | Southwestern Chicken Soup Recipe

RSS Feeds

hints

FREE Printable Recipe Cards

e-Newsletter

Southwestern Chicken Soup Recipe

rate this recipe Rate this recipe

A great tasting chicken soup.

Southwestern Chicken Soup Recipe (+)

Directions

Remove giblets from chicken.
Discard the liver.
Rinse the chicken with cold water.
Put the chicken, onion and giblets in a large stockpot.
Pour in enough cold water to cover the chicken by 1 inch. Approximately 3 quarts.
Put in the garlic and herbs and allow to boil over medium heat.
Skim off the foam, reduce to a simmer and cook for one hour uncovered or until the chicken is cooked through.
Keep skimming off the foam as the chicken cooks.
Carefully remove the chicken to a cutting board and allow it to cool.
With a slotted spoon, remove the vegetables and giblets, thyme and bay leaf.
Reserve the chicken broth.
When the chicken is cool enough to handle, discard the skin and bones and shred the meat.
Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
Add onion and garlic and cook until soft.
To this add the cumin, coriander and oregano and stir, cook for one minute.
In a small bowl, combine the melted butter and flour.
To that, add one cup of the chicken broth to make a roux.
Add this to the saucepan as well as the remaining chicken broth.
Season with salt and cook for 20 minutes.
Add the shredded chicken, chilies and cilantro. Cook five more minutes.
Serve with sour cream and cilantro. *Great served with Smoky Chile Cornbread

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 1.5 hours

Ingredients

		Poached Chicken
-		1 whole chicken - approximately 3 1/2 pounds
-		1 large onion, peeled
-		3 cloves garlic
-		1/4 bunch fresh thyme
-		1 bay leaf

-		4 chipotle chilis in adobo sauce, chopped or 2 cans chopped green chilis
-		2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
-		1 medium onion, chopped
-		4 cloves garlic, minced
-		1 teaspoon ground cumin
-		1 teaspoon ground coriander
-		1 teaspoon dried oregano
-		2 tablespoons melted butter
-		2 tablespoons flour
		salt to taste
-		1/2 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped
		sour cream for garnish

Southwestern Chicken Soup recipe - Related Content

Collections

Chicken Recipes

View our collection of free chicken recipes including oven baked chicken and chicken breast recipes.

Recipes

Asian Chicken Soup

Tasty and satisfying, this easily prepared chicken soup is brimming with chicken, fresh vegetables, and the robust flavors characteristic of Asian cuisine.

Southwestern Cheeseburger

Enhance the flavor of a typical grilled hamburger with this delicious Southwestern variation that transforms an ordinary burger into a spicy taste treat.

Chicken Pecan Salad with Craisins

An easy to prepare chicken salad recipe that features a delicious combination of pecans, celery, and craisins that taste so good when blended with the wonderful apple mustard flavor of the dressing.

Anyone who likes curry seasoning will love this irresistible chicken curry loaded with a combination of sweet and savory ingredients. Serve it on a bed of rice, and top it with a variety of condiments if desired.

Cooking Tips & Advice

Chicken Cooking Times

Chicken cooking temperatures are important to monitor in order to insure meat is safely cooked to the proper temperature. When preparing chicken, use the chart below as a ...

Soup Pasta

Soup pasta consists of pasta shapes that range in size from small to very tiny. The larger of the soup pastas are used in thicker based soups and the tiny and smaller ...

Chicken Recipes

Chicken - Quantity to Buy

It is sometimes difficult to know just how much chicken to buy to have the proper amount for a particular recipe or to serve to a specific number of people. Some of the ...

Chicken - Look and Feel

Looking at and feeling the chicken can give you information that the label will not provide. When shopping for a whole fresh chicken that you are planning on roasting ...

Glossary Terms

Cream of Chicken Soup

Common in many different recipes, this soup is made with bits of chicken, celery, chicken stock, and seasonings cooked in cream or milk. Cream of Chicken Soup is often used as a ...

Chicken of the Woods Mushroom

(Scientific Name: Laetiporus sulphureus) Not to be confused with Hen of the Woods, this mushroom variety also is leafy in shape like the Hen of the Woods, both of which grow in a ...

Chicken Kiev

A boned chicken breast, typically with the wing bone attached and cut off at the second joint, that has been stuffed with a large spoonful of chilled garlic and herb butter, and ...

Soup

A liquid-based food that may consist only of broth or a cream-based substance, either of which may contain other ingredients such as meat, fish, poultry, pasta, noodles, ...

Chicken

A type of domestic fowl raised for its flesh, eggs, and feathers. Chickens are slaughtered at different ages to be processed for different purposes and classified according to ...