Chicken Tortilla Soup With Lime

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 1/2 lbs chicken tenders (not breaded)
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, cored, seeded and chopped
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 jalapeno pepper, minced (don't touch your eyes after cutting pepper until you have washed your hands)
• 2 celery ribs, finely chopped
• 1/2 tablespoon ground cumin
• 1 tablespoon ground coriander
• 2 cups yellow corn tortilla chips (about 4 handfuls)
• 2 teaspoons hot sauce such as tabasco sauce
• 1 quart chicken stock (store bought works fine unless you want to make it homemade) or 1 quart broth (store bought works fine unless you want to make it homemade)
• 1/2 cup sour cream, for garnish
• 2 limes, juice and zest of, combined
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves (chopped)
• 4 scallions, thinly sliced (green onions, use both the and green parts)

Recipe

• 1 preheat a medium soup pot over medium high heat and add the olive oil -- a couple times around the inside of the pan should be fine.
• 2 chop the chicken tenders into bite size pieces.
• 3 season the chicken with salt and pepper and add to the hot soup pot.
• 4 lightly brown the chicken for about 3 to 4 minutes, then add the garlic, bell peppers, onions, jalapeños, celery, cumin, coriander, salt and pepper.
• 5 continue to cook for 3 minutes, stirring frequently.
• 6 while that is cooking place the tortilla chips in a food processor and process until well ground. i f you don't have a processor place the chips in a sealable plastic storage bag and crush with a rolling pin.
• 7 add the ground tortilla chips to the soup pot and stir to combine.
• 8 add the chicken stock and bring the soup to a simmer.
• 9 simmer the soup for 15 minutes.
• 10 ladle the soup into bowls and garnish with the sour cream. pass the lime zest, chopped cilantro, and sliced scallions for each person to add to taste.