Chicken Soup with Nopales

Name: Chicken Soup with Nopales
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexicana
Ingredients: 6 tomatoes, grilled and skinless; 1/4 onions, grilled; 1 clove garlic, grilled; 1/2 cups chipotle chile; 2 cups chicken broth; 1 chicken breast, cooked and shredded; 1 corsage herb bundle; salt; 3 cups nopal, sliced; epazote; salt; pepper; Manchego cheese, grated; epazote, for garnish; tortillas, to accompany

Carlos Lieja

This soup is a new way to include nopales in your meals, with a recipe rich in flavors, nutrients, and very practical to prepare. With this nopales and chicken soup recipe, you will have a light and nutritious starter for lunchtime, and you can prepare it any day of the week to eat at different times.

Reviewed by Editorial Team of Kiwilimón

Published: 13-01-2020

Preparation

10 mins

30 mins

Low

Blend the tomato, onion, garlic, chipotle chili, and 2 cups of chicken broth. In a pot, cook the blended mixture over medium heat and add more chicken broth if necessary; it will all depend on the texture you want for the soup; add the nopales and the shredded chicken you cooked, a bit of epazote, and season with salt and pepper; cook for 10 minutes. Serve the soup, add manchego cheese, garnish with epazote, and serve with tortillas.

Nutritional information

* Information per 100g serving, percentage of daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Energy

kcal

0.8%

Carbohydrate, by difference

3.3

1.1%

Protein

1.3

2.6%

Total lipid (fat)

0.1

0.15%

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Presentation

Serve the soup and garnish with epazote and manchego or cotija cheese, serve with tortillas.

Chicken Soup with Nopales

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