Sopa De Lima
- 4 chicken breasts
- 10 cups chicken broth
- 1 onion, peeled and quartered
- 3 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
- 6 peppercorns
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 12 teaspoon thyme
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 12 onion, chopped
- 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies (not roasted)
- 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 12 cup cilantro leaf
- 2 avocados, peeled and sliced
- 1 (10 ounce) bag tortillas
- Place in a soup pot the chicken breasts, broth, quartered onion, garlic, peppercorns, salt and thyme.
- Cover and cook 30 minutes.
- Allow the chicken to cool in the broth.
- Remove chicken; skin and bone the chicken, then shred the meat.
- Strain the broth into a separate container.
- Add 1 tablespoon of oil in the soup pot.
- Add the chopped onion and green chili and cook until soft.
- Add the tomatoes and cook again briefly.
- Return the broth to the pot and bring to a boil.
- Add the juice of 3 or 4 fresh limes, plus a squeezed lime half.
- Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.
- Remove the lime half and add the shredded chicken and cilantro.
- Simmer and additional 10 minutes.
- Peel and slice the avocados and cut the remaining limes into wedges.
- Serve the soup and drop tortillas into each bowl.
- Garnish with sliced avocadoes and lime wedges.
chicken breasts, chicken broth, onion, garlic, peppercorns, salt, thyme, oil, onion, green chilies, tomatoes, cilantro leaf, avocados, tortillas
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/sopa-de-lima-230640 (may not work)