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Mexican style chicken soup

Mexican Style Chicken Soup

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The Mexican style chicken soup is made with homemade chicken stock, corn, collard green, and other flavor packed toppings.
Course Soup
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword chicken soup, chicken soup for the soul, mexican chicken soup
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 45 minutes
resting time 1 day
Servings 6
Author Holly Ford

Ingredients

For chicken stock

  • 3 1/2-4 lb whole chicken cleaned
  • 1 large leek or 1 large onion cut up
  • 2-3 celery cut up
  • 1 head garlic break apart
  • 1 Tbsp whole peppercorn
  • 10 C water

For soup

  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 1 carrot sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves chopped
  • 6-8 frozen corn nibbler
  • 3/4 lb frozen chopped collard green
  • reserved shredded chicken pieces
  • salt and pepper to season
  • 4 C hot rice

For toppings (choose from)

  • Tomato cilantro, green or red chili, chili flakes, lime, green onion, avocado, cumin, nutmeg, parsley, dill, oregano, etc.

Instructions

  • To make stock, combine all ingredients in a big pot over high heat. Add water, cover the lid, and let it boil. Reduce the heat to low, and simmer for at least 1 hr until the chicken legs are falling off from the body. Take the chicken out, let it rest. Shred chicken into bite size. Drain the stock in a mesh to reserve, and discard all the vegetables. Let the stock to cool down and chill for couple of hours. You can easily remove the fat floating on top with a spoon when chilled.
  • To make the soup, saute onion, garlic, and carrot with olive oil in a big pot for 2 minutes over medium high heat. Add the chicken stock, let it boil and reduce he heat to medium-low. Add corn, chicken and collard green. Let it boil first and reduce the heat to low, cover the lid and simmer for another 10-15 minutes until all the vegetables are tender. Season with some salt and pepper.
  • To serve, place some hot cooked rice (about 1/2 cup or less for each serving) in a serving bowl, pour the hot soup over rice. Top with some tomatoes, cilantro, lime wedge, chili, fresh herbs etc. Serve immediately.