Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Mexican Chicken Soup

I've made a million variations of this soup before, but tonight I decided to just throw it together on my own instead of using a recipe.  I think it was better than any recipe I've tried.  Stanton concurred.  Recording here so I can do it again.

1/2 red onion
2 cloves garlic
1 Tbsp Olive oil
1 14.5 oz. can Petite Diced Tomatoes with Green Chiles (Western Family brand)
2 14 oz. cans Reduced Sodium FF Chicken Broth
1 14 oz. can Black Beans, rinsed & drained
2 Chicken Breasts (from a rotisserie chicken), skin removed and breast roughly chopped
Pinch of Cumin
Juice of 1 Lime
1 bunch cilantro, chopped

Sautee onion & garlic in olive oil.  Add tomatoes and let simmer for a couple of minutes while rinsing and draining beans.  Add chicken broth, black beans, chicken, & lime juice.  Let simmer till ready to serve.  A couple of minutes before serving, add cilantro.

Weight Watchers Points Plus Value- 3

I added 1/3 small avocado for another 2 P+ and crushed a few Tostitos Hint of Lime chips (6 of them are 3 P+, but I didn't add that many -- maybe 2? ).

This was so yummy -- the chiles in the tomatoes gave it awesome heat, but not so much that the bright  freshness of the tomatoes, cilantro, and lime juice were overpowered.  A definite winner.