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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 large saucepan over high heat, bring 3. | 2. 5 quarts of the broth to a boil. | 3. Reduce the heat so the stock boils gently and boil until reduced by half to about 7 cups (about 30 minutes). | 4. In a separate saucepan, combine the chicken breasts with the remaining 2 cups of broth. | 5. Bring to a simmer and cook gently until the chicken is opaque thruout when cut into with a knife, about 10 minutes. | 6. Transfer to a cutting board, and, when cool enough to handle, cut the chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces. | 7. Set aside. | 8. Discard the stock. | 9. In another skillet, warm the olive oil. | 10. Add the onion and saute, stirring occasionally until tender and translucent, about 10 minutes. | 11. Add the garlic and jalapeno chile and cook for 1-2 minutes to soften. | 12. Add to the reduced broth, raise the heat to high, and bring to a boil. | 13. Reduce the heat to low, add the cooked chicken, the tomatoes, cilantro, lime juice, salt and pepper and simmer until the chicken is heated thru, about 5 minutes. | 14. Taste and adjust seasoning. | 15. While the soup is cooking, pour vegetable oil into a deep frying pan to a depth of 2 inches. | 16. Working in batches, drop in tortilla strips and fry until golden and crisp, about 2 minutes. | 17. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the fried tortilla strips to paper towels to drain. | 18. Ladle the soup into warmed bowls. | 19. Sprinkle lime pieces and tortilla evenly over the tops. | 20. Serve immediately. | 21. Also good with sliced avocado. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
chicken broth	4	quarts		-	-	-	-
chicken tender	1 1/4		boneless skinless	1428.8177	99.5636	92.7031	73.0852
olive oil	3	tablespoons		358.02	0.0	0.0	40.5
yellow onion	1		chopped	-	-	-	-
garlic	4	cloves	minced	17.88	3.9672	0.7632	0.06
jalapeno pepper	3	teaspoons	minced	1.6312	0.3656	0.0512	0.0208
tomato	1	can	peeled seeded diced	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
cilantro	6	tablespoons		1.38	0.2202	0.1278	0.0312
lime juice	6	tablespoons		22.6875	7.6412	0.3812	0.0635
salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/2	teaspoon	ground	2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
corn tortilla	6			-	-	-	-

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