[ world-famous-recipes ] Yucatan Lime Soup

Yucatan Lime Soup

Recipe Summary:
Prep Time: 20 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes
Yeild: 4 Servings
User Rating: 5 Stars

1 chicken breast half, cut into 1 inch cubes
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon salt, plus 1/4 teaspoon
1/2 cup vegetable oil, plus more if needed
8 corn tortillias, cut into 1-inch strips
3/4 cup finely chopped white onions
1 teaspoon Essence, recipe follows
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/2 seeded, chopped tomatoes
! tablespoon minced Serrano chillies
4 cups chicken stock
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 lime, cut into thin slices, for decoration
1 avocado, seeded and diced, for topping

Season the chicken with the cumin and 1/4 teaspoon salt and seat
aside. In a large pot, heat 1/2 cup of the oil over high heat. Fry the
tortillia strips in batches until golden brown on both sides, adding
more oil as needed. Drain on papper towels.

Remove all but 2 tablespoons of oil from the pan. Add the oinion,
Essence and 1/4 teaspoon salt, and sute until soft, about 3 minutes.
Add the chicken, garlic, tomatoes and chilles and saute for 3 minutes.
Add the stock and lime juice and simmer over medium heat for 10 minutes.

Remove for the heat and stir in the cilantro. Place 1 lime slice in
each soup bowl and ladle the soup on tomp. Top each serving with
dieced avocado and ser the fried tortilla strips on the side.

Note: When Emeril cooked this on his show he said add as much lime
juice as you wanted and to taste it often to see if you needed to add
anything else like peper. He also served the tortilla strips on top of
the soup, so it's your personal choice on how to serve them.

Essence( Emeril's Creol Seasoning):
2 1/2 tablespoons paprika
2 talbespoons salt
2 tablespoons garlic powder
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon dreied leaf oregano
1 tablespoon dried thyme

Combine all ingredients thoroughly and store in an airtight jar or
container.(Note: It's sold already packaged in plastic jars in most
grocery stores.)

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