Sopa de lima

Step 1 of 5

Cook chicken, half the onion, garlic and water at 95 °C for 20 minutes; remove and shred chicken.

Back to recipe

20 min

00:00

Ingredients

  • 500 gChicken, broiler or fryers, breast, skinless, boneless, meat only, raw
  • 160 gTortillas, ready-to-bake or -fry, corn, without added salt
  • 60 gLime juice, raw
  • 400 gTomatoes, red, ripe, canned, packed in tomato juice
  • 160 gOnions, raw
  • 12 gGarlic, raw
  • 35 gOil, olive, salad or cooking
  • 1,400 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking
  • 5 gSalt, table

Method

  1. Cook chicken, half the onion, garlic and water at 95 °C for 20 minutes; remove and shred chicken.
  2. Blend tomatoes with remaining onion, stir into broth with salt and simmer 12 minutes.
  3. Cut tortillas into strips. Heat oil to 180 °C and fry strips 4 minutes until crisp.
  4. Return chicken to soup and warm 3 minutes; stir in lime juice off heat.
  5. Divide into four bowls and top each with tortilla strips.