Chicken Avocado Lime Soup

Chicken soup with a Mexican twist - healthy!

Category: Soups, Stews and Chili

Cuisine: not set

9 reviews 
Ready in 45 minutes
by harringtonmcbride

Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs boneless chicken breasts

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 cup green onions chopped

2 each Jalapeno peppers seeded and minced (or leave seeds for spice)

2 cloves garlic

4 cans Low sodium chicken broth 14.5 oz cans

2 Roma Tomatoes seeded and diced

1/2 teaspoon Ground cumin

Salt and pepper to taste

1/3 cup Fresh Cilantro chopped

3 tablespoons Lime Juice

3 avocados peeled, cored and diced

tortilla chips optional

Monterey jack cheese optional

Sour cream optional


Directions

In a large pot heat 1 Tbsp olive oil over medium heat. Once hot, add green onions and jalapenos and saute until tender, about 2 minutes, adding garlic during last 30 seconds of sauteing. Add chicken broth, tomatoes, cumin, season with salt and pepper to taste and add chicken breasts. Bring mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. Then reduce heat to medium, cover with lid and allow to cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken has cooked through 10 - 15 minutes (cook time will vary based on thickness of chicken breasts). Reduce burner to warm heat, remove chicken from pan and let rest on a cutting board 5 minutes, then shred chicken and return to soup. Stir in cilantro and lime juice. Add avocados to soup just before serving (if you don't plan on serving the soup right away, I would recommend adding the avocados to each bowl individually, about 1/2 an avocado per serving). Serve with tortilla chips, cheese and sour cream if desired.

Reviews


I loved this! I had red onion, so that's what I used. Also added a bouillon cube to jack up the flavor some. Served with cheese quesadillas for the picky ones.

HeidiLarsen

Light and delicious with complex flavors! I added a ton more tomatoes but followed the recipe other than that. Enjoyed by all!

janicelindquisttuckman

It is an amazing bowl of deliciousness! It is very similar to a soup I order a lot at my favorite Mexican restaurant. The recipe is very easy to follow.

thhummingbird

As usual an excellent recipe

yanina48

This soup is delicious. It was flavorful and really smelled great cooking. Its super healthy too.

hoxfam1

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