Sopa De Lima (merida, Yucatan)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 limes (green-yellow lime, only the juice)
• 2 limes, for garnish (cut in slices)
• 8 tortillas, de maiz (cut in large pieces)
• 1 chicken breast, diced
• 4 cups chicken broth ((authentic-real)
• 1 teaspoon chicken broth, dried
• 4 tomatoes (jitomates, ground or very finely chopped with the juice)
• 1 onion
• green chiles serranos (optional)
• 1 avocado, for to adorn (garnish)
• vegetable oil (for frying tortillas)
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 fry the tortilla slices in vegetable oil. let stand in absorbent paper.
• 2 put the onion,diced in a sarten (pot) with oil, when onion is transparent put in the tomato with it's juice.
• 3 let it cook on low heat 20 minutes and add the chicken, chicken broth dried (i used chicken soup base), lime juice, salt and pepper and chile if using.
• 4 simmer on med low till chicken is cooked through.
• 5 add fried tortilla strips and garnish with lime and avocado, serve.