CHIPOTLE PEPPER AND CHICKEN SOUP

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Spicy, hearty chicken soup. I enjoy mine with some slices of sourdough bread to dip in the soup.

Provided by LisaSharksFan

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Chicken Soup Recipes

Time 35m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil, or more if needed
1 onion, minced
1 head garlic, minced, or to taste
2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into cubes
1 (7 ounce) can chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (such as Embasa®), chopped, adobo sauce reserved, or to taste
2 tomatoes, diced
1 bunch fresh cilantro (leaves only), chopped

Steps:

Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until softened, 5 to 7 minutes.
Pour chicken broth into saucepan; add chicken. Place a lid on the saucepan and cook until the chicken pieces are no longer pink in the center, about 10 minutes.
Put chopped chipotle peppers in a bowl with about half the reserved adobo sauce; stir. Mix tomatoes and cilantro together in a separate bowl.
Stir chipotle mixture into the broth mixture a spoonful at a time, stirring and tasting between each addition, until the level of spiciness is to your liking. Remove saucepan from heat and stir tomatoes with cilantro into the soup.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 242 calories, Carbohydrate 17.4 g, Cholesterol 63.1 mg, Fat 7.3 g, Fiber 4.1 g, Protein 25.4 g, SaturatedFat 1.2 g, Sodium 1154 mg, Sugar 5.5 g