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A Creamy Chicken & Lime Soup for Cozy Rainy Days!

Ingredients

  • 1.5 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs or breasts
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil or ghee
  • 1 small red or yellow onion diced
  • 3 fresh garlic cloves chopped or pressed
  • 3 carrots peeled and sliced
  • 3 celery stalks sliced
  • 1 fresh lime juiced
  • 1-2 jalapeños depending on your heat preference, seeded and sliced
  • 1 14.5oz jar fire roasted tomatoes
  • 2.5 cups chicken broth homemade or low sodium
  • 1 can unsweetened coconut milk
  • sea salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste

TOPPINGS:

  • a handful of fresh parsley or cilantro chopped to garnish
  • 1 small avocado sliced
  • sliced or diced fresh jalapenos
  • fresh lime slices

Instructions

  • Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat.
  • Add in onions, garlic, carrots, celery, and sauté for about 5 minutes.
  • Stir in tomatoes, broth, jalapeño, lime juice, and chicken.
  • Bring to a boil, then lower the heat to low, cover, and simmer until chicken is cooked through about 20 minutes.
  • Remove your pot from the heat, take the cooked chicken out of the pot, then set the chicken onto a cutting board.
  • Add coconut milk into your soup pot.
  • Blend the soup until creamy with an immersion blender, or carefully work in small batches using a conventional blender.
  • Shred your chicken breast and return it to the soup pot, then stir well to combine everything.
  • Season with sea salt and pepper to taste if desired.
  • Ladle your soup into bowls then add toppings of choice.
  • Enjoy while hot!