Best Spicy Lime Cilantro Soup Recipes

ABUELO'S CILANTRO LIME SOUP

Steps:

• For Chicken :.
• Remove skin and wings from chicken; cover with water and add chicken base.
• Cook chicken over medium heat for approximately 1-1/2 hours.
• Remove chicken and let cool; bone chicken and chop meat into small pieces.
• Reserve broth.
• While the chicken is cooling, start the soup:.
• Place canola oil in pan and heat.
• Add onion, tomato, garlic, oregano, chili powder, salt and chilies and sauté until onions are translucent.
• Add corn, chicken, reserved broth, additional chicken base and hominy.
• Bring to a boil and cook for 15 minutes.
• Add lime juice and remove from heat.
• Add chopped cilantro.
• Serve hot.

CHICKEN AND HOMINY SOUP WITH LIME AND CILANTRO

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat; stir cumin and paprika into hot oil until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add broth, hominy, chicken, diced tomatoes and juice, water, green onions, lime juice, and hot sauce to seasoned oil; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until flavors have blended, about 15 minutes. Garnish soup with cilantro just before serving.

SPICY LIME AVOCADO SOUP

Steps:

• Bring a small pot of water to a boil. Add chicken; boil until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reads at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), about 7 minutes. Drain.
• Run cool water over chicken to speed cooling process. Shred or finely slice chicken.
• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add 1/2 onion, lime juice, 1/2 cup cilantro, jalapeno peppers, and garlic until onion is slightly greenish in color, about 5 minutes.
• Combine 4 cups water and bouillon powder in a small bowl. Pour into the pot. Let cook until just heated through, about 5 minutes. Stir chicken into the pot.
• Ladle soup into 4 bowls. Top with remaining 1/2 onion, 1/2 cup cilantro, avocado, and queso fresco.

SOPA DE LIMA (MEXICAN LIME SOUP)

Steps:

• Bring the chicken broth, chicken breasts, red onion, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper, and thyme to a boil in a large pot; reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until the chicken breasts are no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 15 to 20 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Remove the cooked chicken to a cutting board and shred into bite-sized strips; return to the simmering pot.
• Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook the green onions and green chile pepper in the hot oil until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir the tomatoes into the mixture and continue cooking until soft, about 5 minute more; pour the mixture into the pot with the chicken soup. Season with the salt; return the soup to a simmer. Add the lime juice and 1/2 a lime; cook another 10 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and remove the lime half; stir in the cilantro to serve.

CILANTRO-LIME SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; sauté until slightly softened, about 3 minutes. Add chili powder; stir 1 minute. Add chicken; stir 2 minutes. Add broth, corn, tomatoes and 1/2 bunch cilantro sprigs to saucepan; bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes. Discard cilantro sprigs. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Chill. Bring to simmer before continuing.)
• Add chopped cilantro and lime juice to soup. Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with sour cream.