Best Chicken Tamale Soup Recipes

CHICKEN & GREEN CHILE SOUP WITH TAMALE DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Soup: Heat oil over medium heat. Add onions, bell peppers, carrots, scallions and garlic. Cook until softened, about 2 min.
• Add broth, tomatoes, tomatillos and roasted chiles.
• Bring to a bo il, reduce heat to low and add basil.
• Simmer ~10 minutes.
• Dumplings: In a saucepan, combine oil, salt, cumin and 1/2 cup water and bring to boil.
• Sift in masa harina and stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture pulls away from the sides of the pan and no longer clings to spoon, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Stir in chile powder and remove from heat. Beat in egg and egg white. Fold in corn.
• With wet hands, form the dough into 16 dumplings.
• Spoon the dumplings into the gently simmering soup and cook until no longer doughy, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add chicken and simmer until heated through.
• Add salt and pepper to taste. (This recipe is best if prepared ahead of time and allowed to sit overnight to allow the flavors blend and develop.)

CHICKEN AND TAMALE DUMPLING SOUP

Steps:

• Place chicken in a pot and add 8 cups water, or enough to cover; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 10 minutes. Remove chicken to a plate.
• Transfer cooking liquid and more water (enough so total liquid measures 10 cups) to a 6-quart Dutch oven. Add tomato paste, onion, bouillon cubes, chili powder, and garlic. Cook over medium-high heat until onion is translucent and liquid is almost boiling, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cut chicken into bite-sized cubes. Grind enough chicken in a food processor to get 3 cups. Set aside ground chicken, and add remaining chicken cubes to the soup.
• Prepare dumplings: Ladle out a small amount of soup and let cool for a few minutes. Combine ground chicken, masa, all-purpose flour, parsley, chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Add a small amount of cooled soup at a time and mix by hand to form a soft dough. (You can also mix in a food processor.)
• Drop spoonfuls of dough into the hot soup. Cook, uncovered, until dumplings are cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes. They will be a bit on the dense side and will not puff up a lot like traditional dumplings.

CHICKEN TAMALE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan on medium heat. Add onions and chiles; cook 5 min. or until vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring frequently. Stir in taco seasoning mix.
• Add all remaining ingredients except sour cream and cilantro; stir. Bring to boil, stirring frequently; simmer on medium-low heat 15 min., stirring occasionally.
• Serve topped with sour cream and cilantro.