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🍽️ Fresh Mexican Lime Chicken Soup

251 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 500 g chicken breast fillets (3 chicken breast fillets)
• salt
• 6 garlic cloves
• 1 tbsp oil
• 285 g corn (from the can, drained weight)
• 1.75 l chicken broth
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 0.5 bunch cilantro
• 20 tortilla chips
• 3 jalapeños (jar)
• 250 g tomatoes (3 tomatoes)
• 4 scallions
• 1 avocado
• 3 limes

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the chicken breast fillets under cold water.
2. 2. Cut the meat into approx. 2 cm cubes.
3. 3. Bring plenty of water with salt to a boil.
4. 4. Add the chicken cubes to the boiling water for 1 minute.
5. 5. This brief blanching (cooking briefly in boiling water) keeps the soup clear.
6. 6. Remove the cubes and let them drain well.
7. 7. Peel the garlic cloves.
8. 8. Slice the garlic into thin slices.
9. 9. Heat oil in a large pot.
10. 10. Add the garlic to the hot oil.
11. 11. Sauté the garlic, stirring, for 1 minute.
12. 12. Drain the corn in a sieve.
13. 13. Add the drained corn and the pre-cooked chicken cubes to the pot.
14. 14. Sauté the mixture briefly.
15. 15. Pour the broth into the pot.
16. 16. Add the dried oregano.
17. 17. Bring the soup to a boil.
18. 18. Let the soup simmer for 10 minutes.
19. 19. Wash the fresh cilantro.
20. 20. Shake the cilantro dry.
21. 21. Pluck the small cilantro leaves from the stems.
22. 22. Chop the cilantro leaves roughly.
23. 23. Crumble the tortilla chips into bite-sized pieces.
24. 24. Roughly chop the jalapeños.
25. 25. Wash the tomatoes.
26. 26. Cut out the hard stem ends of the tomatoes in a wedge shape.
27. 27. Roughly chop the tomatoes.
28. 28. Wash the spring onions.
29. 29. Remove the dry ends of the spring onions.
30. 30. Slice the spring onions into thin rings.
31. 31. Halve the avocado.
32. 32. Remove the pit of the avocado.
33. 33. Carefully separate the flesh from the skin.
34. 34. Dice the avocado flesh.
35. 35. Place all prepared ingredients into small separate bowls.
36. 36. Halve the limes.
37. 37. Squeeze the juice from the limes.
38. 38. Add 75 ml of lime juice to the soup.
39. 39. Season the soup with it.
40. 40. Let the soup cook for 1 more minute.
41. 41. Serve the soup with the small bowls of ingredients.
42. 42. Let each guest add their own toppings.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 251
• Protein: 24 g · Fett/Fat: 11 g · Carbs: 13 g