Chicken Soup, El Mirador Caldo Xochitl

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Chicken Soup, El Mirador Caldo Xochitl

Recipe By : El Mirador
Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Vegetable mexican
chicken

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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5 cloves garlic -- minced
1 tablespoon oregano -- dried
1/4 teaspoon clove -- ground
2 1/2 quarts water
3 pounds chicken -- fryer
1 tablespoon poulet gold/ chicken stock base
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon cumin -- ground
1 teaspoon pepper -- ground
3 bay leaf
1 sprig basil -- fresh
2 cups zucchini -- large dice
1 1/2 cups green bell pepper -- diced
1 1/2 cups celery -- diced
1 medium onion -- diced
1 17 oz can garbanzo beans -- drained and rinsed
EL MIRADOR RICE
1 bunch green onion -- chopped
1/2 bunch cilantro -- chopped
2 jalapeno -- chopped
2 tomatoes, fresh firm -- cubed
1 avacodo -- cubed

Mix garlic, oregano, and cloves to a paste. Bring water to boil in large pot.
When water is boiling, add chicken, salt and pepper, and simmer for a few
minutes. Skim off foam, and add garlic paste, poulet gold chicken stock base,
cumin, bay leaves, and basil. Let chicken simmer until cooked, about an hour.
Remove chicken and set aside to cool. Add zucchini, carrots, bell pepper,
onion, and beans to pot and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until tender,
about 20 minutes. Be very careful not to overcook the vegetables. You want the
onio to be crisp tender. Meanwhile, remove skin and bones from chicken; shred
meat. (This can be made with boneless, skinless chicken breast, in which case
adjust cooking time to absolute minimum so as not to overcook the chicken and
make it stringy) When vegetables are to the desired tenderness add meat to soup
and heat through.
FOR EACH SERVING
Place 1/4 cup Eol Mirador rice in soup bow. Pour soup around the rice and top
with green onion, cilantro, cliles, tomatoes, and avacado.

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Per serving: 252 Calories; 10g Fat (34% calories from fat); 32g Protein; 9g
Carbohydrate; 93mg Cholesterol; 992mg Sodium

NOTES : CaldoXochitl is a famous soup from El Mirador and has a fragrant
combination of chicken,garlic, herbs, and spices server over El Mirador Rice.
"Xochitl" translated from Mexican Nahuatl means "little
flower". It is also the name of a beautiful garden in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
This recipe comes from Julian Trevino, owner of El Mirador