Iberostar Mexico's Lime Soup with Chicken

This recipe for Iberostar Mexico’s Lime Soup with Chicken is light and refreshing, combining spicy flavors that are balanced with tart lime juice.

Ingredients

• 2 garlic cloves
• ½ white onion
• 1 tomato
• 1 chicken breast, deboned
• 3 limes
• 4 corn tortillas
• 1/2 yellow pepper
• ½ green pepper
• ½ red onion
• 3 cilantro leaves
• 1 tablespoon oregano
• Pinch salt
• Pinch pepper
• As needed Vegetable oil for frying
• 4 cups chicken broth

Preparation

• 1 In a large sauce pan over medium heat, cook the chicken with the white onion and garlic cloves until browned and add salt.
• 2 Cut two limes in half, roast the limes, and add lime juice from one lime to the chicken.
• 3 Cut a lime in slices and set apart.
• 4 Cut tortillas, peppers and red onion in “Julienne” style and set apart.
• 5 Cut the tomato in “Julienne” style and remove seeds.
• 6 Finely chop the garlic.
• 7 Shred the chicken breast.
• 8 Heat the vegetable oil over medium heat and add the red onion, peppers, garlic and tomatoes.
• 9 When the mixture is lightly fried (some signs of browning), add the cilantro and chicken.
• 10 Add four cups of chicken broth, juice of roasted lime and oregano.
• 11 Once the soup begins to boil, reduce the intensity of the heat, cover the pan and let the soup boil for 5 more minutes for a better mixture of flavors. Garnish with lime slices.