
How To Make Vegetable Soup with Chicken and Tomatillos
Filling, hearty, and flavorful, this vegetable soup is loaded with veggies, spices, and shredded chicken for a Mexican twist on this comforting bowl.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2lbschicken breast,skinless boneless, cut into halves
- 4celery stalks,chopped
- 1large onion,chopped
- 4cubes chicken bouillon
- 32ozvegetable broth,(3 containers)
- 4cupsfresh green beans,trimmed and cut into bite-size pieces
- 14ozdiced tomatoes with green chiles,(2 cans)
- 2cupsfresh tomatillos,chopped
- 6clovesgarlic,minced
- 4small zucchini,cubed
- 2medium jalapeno peppers,finely chopped
- 2medium Spanish onions,chopped
- 2medium green bell peppers,chopped
- 1medium poblano pepper,chopped
- 2tspfresh oregano,chopped
- 1tspground cumin
- 4red peppers,roasted
- 2tbspchipotle peppers in adobo sauce
- 2cupsfresh cilantro,chopped
- 4tbspfresh lime juice
- 1½tspsalt
Instructions
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Place chicken, celery, onion, and chicken bouillon into a large soup pot and add water just to cover. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat to low and let simmer for 20 to 30 minutes until chicken breasts are no longer pink in the centers.
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Transfer chicken to a plate and shred into medium-size pieces using 2 forks. Set aside.
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Add vegetable broth, green beans, diced tomatoes with chiles, tomatillos, garlic, zucchini, jalapeno peppers, onions, bell peppers, poblano pepper, oregano, and cumin to the pot.
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Puree roasted red peppers and chipotle peppers in adobo in a blender or food processor; add to soup and stir to combine. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Stir in shredded chicken.
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Reduce heat to low and let simmer, partly covered, for 30 minutes. Stir in cilantro, lime juice, and salt.
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Serve warm and enjoy.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 100.86kcal
- Fat:Â 3.95g
- Saturated Fat:Â 1.09g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.04g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 1.52g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 0.89g
- Carbohydrates:Â 7.43g
- Fiber:Â 2.32g
- Sugar:Â 3.96g
- Protein:Â 9.45g
- Cholesterol:Â 24.30mg
- Sodium:Â 405.32mg
- Calcium:Â 36.66mg
- Potassium:Â 360.81mg
- Iron:Â 1.03mg
- Vitamin A: 67.16µg
- Vitamin C:Â 51.47mg
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