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Smoky and spicy with tangy hints of citrus and creamy bites of avocado, this recipe for Chipotle Lime Chicken Soup hits all the marks! Gluten free and keto friendly.
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We absolutely love soups around here! Check out this soup-er tasty Potato Stew for another flavorful recipe idea.
One of my favorite ways to add flavor to my cooking is by adding a little heat. Chipotle is nice because instead of setting your mouth ablaze, it simply adds smokiness with just the slightesttouch offire.
The key is combining a little creaminess to the picture and that comes inthe form of avocado.
Boom!
CHIPOTLE LIME CHICKEN SOUP
The main component in this soup is obviously the chipotle.
I usually buy the tin of chipotle in adobo sauce. I don’t use it all but the rest that I don’t use in this soup I will transfer to a little air-tight container, glass container.
Later in the week, I might make this chipotle chicken salad or this healthier seven-layer dip.
HOW TO MAKE CHIPOTLE LIME CHICKEN SOUP – STEP BY STEP
I use whatever veggies I have in my crisper for soups.
Things like leftover half peppers and celery on its last legs make for a delicious broth.
Sautéing your veggies with the chipotle peppers allows them to soak up all the smoky goodness.
To make this soup even easier, just toss the chicken breasts into the soup whole to cook. The chicken willpoach in the liquid and will absorb the essence of your veggies and the chipotle peppers.
It also makes your chicken tender and juicy.
Yum!
When the soup is ready the chicken can be simply shredded with a couple of forks and stirred back in.
If you have some cooked grains like brown rice or quinoa throw those in too!
Finish it off with a squeeze of fresh lime and it. is. on!
I may have added more hot sauce because I’m crazy like that. I actually got a bit too wild and added so much extra hot sauce that beads of sweat kind of broke out on my forehead!
Avocado to the rescue. It added just the right amount of creaminess to balance my overzealous hot sauce action. If you have some avocado, toss it in!
I enjoy this soup the next day warmed up with some cooked brown rice. It is a great lunch.
I love cooking once/eating twice meals, don’t you? 🙂
MORE GLUTEN FREE SOUP RECIPES:
Roasted Tomato Basil Soup
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Instant Pot Beef Chili
Coconut Curry Chicken Vegetable Soup
Instant Pot Turkey Sausage Soup
Lemon Chicken Vegetable Soup
*Originally posted May 22, 2014. Updated February 8, 2020*
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Chipotle Lime Soup with Shredded Chicken – Gluten Free
Sharon Rhodes
Chipotle Lime Chicken Soup. Smoky and spicy with tangy hints of citrus and creamy bites avocado, this recipe for Chipotle Lime Soup with Shredded Chicken hits all the marks! Gluten free and freezer friendly.
4.43 from 7 votes
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 1 hour hr
Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
Course Main Course, Soup
Cuisine American
Servings 4
Calories 319 kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ medium onion chopped
- 2 celery stalks chopped
- 1 bell pepper chopped
- 2 chipotle peppers in adobo, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 2 chicken breasts
- 6 cups broth
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- ½ tbsp cumin
- ½ lime juiced
- ¼ cup fresh parsley or cilantro chopped
- 1 medium avocado chopped
Instructions
Heat the oil over medium heat then add the onion, celery and red pepper. Sauté the veggies until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic and chipotle peppers
Add the remaining ingredients, except the avocado, lime and parsley. Bring to a boil
Reduce the heat and simmer for an hour
Remove the chicken from the pot and shred it with two forks. Return the chicken to the pot and stir in the lime juice and cilantro or parsley
Top each bowl with the fresh chopped avocado
Nutrition
Calories: 319kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 26gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 72mgSodium: 1584mgPotassium: 765mgFiber: 5gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 1235IUVitamin C: 16.4mgCalcium: 34mgIron: 1.6mg
Keyword chicken recipes, dairy free recipes, gluten free chicken recipes, soup recipes
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