A nice cold-weather variation on a favorite: spiced-up chicken soup. Start with your usual chicken soup recipe (one is here if you're at a loss).
Use 4-5 cloves of garlic in your vegetables. After you've sauteed to the point of transparency in your onions, add 2 t. cumin and 1 t. chili powder. When you add the broth, add a can of diced tomatoes with green chilies.
Instead of choosing noodles or dumplings for the starch, stir in 1-2 cans of rinsed black or white beans and add some frozen corn, heating til it's cooked through.
Serve with any of these delights: shredded cheese, sour cream, lime wedges, crushed tortilla chips, or salsa.
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ReplyDeleteWell! Cumin and chili powder! And tomatoes in chicken soup! I'll have to try that version.
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We have a favorite: taco soup. It's a spicy, wholesome, 'it's-good-to-be-home' flavor. And, it's a good, warm, winter alternative to taco salad - another one of our favorites. I like to serve the soup with corn pone : )
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ReplyDeleteThat sounds delicious. It may go on the menu this week. Your crispy chicken is one of my Army husbands favorite dishes - it was included in his week of "special foods" before he deploys and he couldn't stop making happy "mmmmmmm!" sounds. So thanks for the recipes you post. We thoroughly enjoy them, and they certainly happy food memories before half a year of mess tent meals.
ReplyDeleteWe call that "Chicken Tortilla Soup" and love it! Yum! We always lightly fry some tortilla strips to for a garnish!
ReplyDeleteAnd cilantro! Yum.
ReplyDeleteI read your post yesterday while I had chicken stock simmering on the stove. You inspired me to turn it into a hot and sour chicken soup. I've never made that before, but I managed to produce something all 9 children and my husband inhaled! I see that yours went in a different direction, and now I'll have to try that version as well!
ReplyDeleteThanks. We do need to make our chicken soup better. It sounds like some good things to try.
ReplyDeleteSounds like something we would enjoy.
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