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Green Chile Chicken Soup
OMG, this is so delicious and easy to make you won’t believe how good it tastes. Creamy, flavorful and great texture. Very satisfying.
Ingredients
- 3 6" white corn tortillas plus more for strips
- 2 Tbsp. g.f. all purpose baking flour
- 1/2 tsp. chili powder
- 1 tsp. cumin
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- 2 Tbsp. coconut oil
- 1/2 C. onions diced
- 4 oz. green chiles diced can, diced or chopped
- 2 cloves garlic cloves minced
- 2 Tbsp. butter
- 32 oz. g.f. chicken broth
- 1/2 C. coconut milk, canned canned or half and half
- 1 chicken breasts skinless boneless cooked and shredded or chopped
- 1/2 C. monterey jack cheese shredded, optional
Instructions
- Cut three tortillas into 9ths; place in food processor or blender and chop till fine.
- Add flour, chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper; blend to the consistency of cornmeal.
- Place oil in a soup pot over medium high heat, add onion, chiles and garlic and sauté until the onion is soft.
- Add butter, after it melts: add tortilla flour mixture to the pot and mix till thickened. Cook 5 minutes stirring constantly so it won’t burn.
- Slowly add broth. Add coconut milk or half-in-half and bring to a slow simmer and cook 7 minutes. Do not let soup come to a hard boil. Add chicken, heat through.
- Tortilla strips: slice 2 corn tortillas into ¼” strips. Bake in oven or toaster oven at 300 degrees for 15 minutes, or until crunchy.
- Turn off heat and as the soup cools a bit, add the shredded cheese and tortilla strips.
Tip
Try GFP All-Purpose Flour Mixture recipe
Nutrition
Serving: 1CCalories: 279kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 14gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 14gSodium: 945mgFiber: 1g
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