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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a medium saucepan, bring the chicken broth, garlic, cumin and chili powder to a boil over medium-high heat. | 2. Meanwhile, coarsely chop the tomatoes, scallions and bell pepper. Break the vermicelli into 2-inch pieces. | 3. Add the chicken to the boiling broth, reduce the heat to medium-low, cover and simmer until the chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes. Remove the chicken and set it aside to cool slightly. | 4. In a large nonstick skillet, warm the oil over medium-high heat until hot but not smoking. Add the vermicelli and cook, stirring, until the vermicelli is lightly browned, about 2 minutes. | 5. Add the broth mixture, tomatoes, scallions, bell pepper, green chilies and salt, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is cooked, about 7 minutes. | 6. Meanwhile, shred the chicken. Mince the cilantro (if using). | 7. Stir the shredded chicken and cilantro into the pasta mixture and serve hot. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
chicken broth	4	cups	low sodium	312.48	7.56	44.5536	10.4832
garlic clove	1		minced	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
cumin	1	teaspoon		7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
chili powder	1/2	teaspoon		3.807	0.6709999999999999	0.1817	0.1928
plum tomato	4		canned drained	-	-	-	-
scallion	3			96.0	22.02	5.49	0.57
green bell pepper	1			-	-	-	-
pasta	3/4			14.6709	2.1262	0.3274	0.4912
chicken breast	1/2	lb	boneless skinless	390.0899	0.0	47.2871	20.9787
vegetable oil	1	tablespoon		117.23200000000001	0.0	0.0	13.6
green chilies	1	can	chopped drained mild	97.1514	24.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
cilantro stem	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.