Mexico City Soup!!

If your life is anything like mine, you are always looking for good home-cooked meals that you can make in 30 minutes!! Well, I have one for you but I can't take all the claim to how DELICIOUS it is since the recipe came from a friend of mine - Zelda Wilmoth!! But thanks to her, this soup never fails to get eaten down to its LAST drop!!

Here's the recipe since everyone is always wanting it - enjoy!!! :)

1 Whole Chicken OR 4 Lg. Chicken Breast, cooked and shredded
2 Boxes of Chicken Stock (see no. 2)
1/2-3/4 Cups of Rice
1/2 bunch of cilantro, chopped
1/3 of an onion, small slices
3 tsp. Cumin
2 tsp. Chili Powder
4 Garlic Cloves
1 tsp. Cayenne Pepper
1 cup. of frozen corn

Toppings:

Tomatoes, diced
Onions, diced
Avocado, slices
Cheese, shredded
Tortilla Chips

1 Whole Cooked Chicken - You have 2 options here: Either buy a rotisserie chicken at the store and just de-bone it OR you can boil a chicken for a few hours (fill a large pot with water and add 3 tsp. of cumin, 2 tsp. of chili powder, 4 whole peeled garlic cloves, salt and pepper to taste and 1 tsp. of cayenne pepper) - bring to a boil and cook for 2 hours. Once it's done - take the chicken out to cool and use your broth to make your soup - DON'T FORGET, mash the garlic cloves into the broth or you'll get a super burst to your taste buds of garlic! lol!

2. If you bought a rotisserie chicken from the store - you will need to buy 2 boxes of chicken stock. I use Kitchen Basics....thinking.....well, I can't remember but just look for the one that is a yellow box and has the word Kitchen on it. ha! Don't forget to add all the spices mentioned in no. 1, put on med-high heat and then bring down to medium when you put the rice in.

*I usually add 1 box of stock to my chicken broth from the chicken I cooked because we have a big family PLUS, we love leftovers! So, that would make it equivalent to approx. 3 boxes of stock if I were doing the broth all from store bought boxes.

3. Add 1/2 cup of rice to your broth (if you are using equipvalent to 3 boxes like I do, put in 3/4 cup of rice), the onions, the corn and the cilantro - cook on medium heat until the rice is done, take about 20 minutes. While this is cooking, de-bone your chicken and add to the broth.

4. Cut up your toppings while your soup is finishing up.

5. Ta-da!! Your done!! Your family will 'ooh' and 'aahhh!' over this meal and so will your company!! So, happy cooking!! You'll have this meal done within 25-30 minutes max, especially if you get your chicken already cooked!

From my crazy kitchen to yours,

Tracee