Chicken Lime Vegetable Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 3 onions, chopped
• 5 stalks celery, chopped
• 4 carrots, peeled and chopped
• 1 cup mushroom, sliced
• 3 quarts water
• 2 whole chicken breasts, with skin on or 1 small roasting chicken
• 2 tablespoons chicken base
• 5 roma tomatoes, peeled, seeded, coarsely chopped
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 bunch fresh spinach, thoroughly washed and chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh ground pepper
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice (or more to taste)
• 1 cup fresh parsley, chopped

Recipe

• 1 melt butter and oil in soup pot and sauté onions, celery and carrots over medium heat for about 10 minutes.
• 2 add mushrooms and continue cooking about 3-5 minutes.
• 3 add water, chicken and chicken base. bring to low boil and cook until chicken is tender (about 25 minutes for breasts; 60 minutes for whole chicken).
• 4 remove chicken from pot and let cool until you can handle. reserve liquid. remove and discard skin and bones. dice or shred chicken.
• 5 reheat liquid and add chicken, tomatoes, tomato paste, spinach, pepper, worcestershire sauce, lime juice and parsley.
• 6 ladle into bowls and top with crispy tortilla strips.