Tangy Tasty Tomatillo Soup

"This is a much played with recipe. I love it! I like it chunky. Feel free to adjust it to your own tastes."
 
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Ready In:
1hr
Ingredients:
24
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cook and shred chicken. Set aside.
  • Heat oil over medium high heat in a large pot or dutch oven. Ingredients 3-8: add 1 red onion and 1 white onion, saute until golden. Add garlic and saute 1-2 minutes. Stir in tomatillos, 3 jalapenos and broth. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 15 minutes until the tomatillos start to burst.
  • Puree in pot with an immersion blender. Stir in garlic salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper to taste.
  • Add reserved shredded chicken and the rest of the ingredients up to the chopped spinach and cook until heated through.
  • Stir in lemon juice and sugar if desired and remove from heat.
  • Serve in bowls topped with sour cream and cilantro to taste. Tortilla chips are also good with this.

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Reviews

  1. This is definitely tangy! It’s very acidic and I wasn’t sure I’d I liked that or not. I froze a bunch, and when I re-heated it, loved it. It’s very fresh and delicious.
     
  2. I have never done a review before but just had to on this one. It is fantastic! We are vegetarians, so I left out the chicken and it was still delicious! Also, I used chipotle peppers in adobo sauce in place of the jalapenos....be careful - it is pretty spicy!!! YUM! judy
     
  3. Pretty much followed the ingredients except where we were short - 1 red onion and 1 pepper and 1 yellow jalapeno. Expected more heat so am reheating leftovers and adding a jamaiican pepper and some shrimp that needs to be used up. Smells wonderful
     
  4. Very good and filling! I adjusted this recipe slightly by using only one pound of tomatillos, only 2 onions (one red and one white), only 4 oz of green chiles and skipping the spinach and the garnishes. I also only used 2 chicken breasts--delicious! I think the leftovers will make wonderful lunches too! Thanks for sharing this very versatile soup which we will be having often!
     
  5. Warming soups are a staple in Iceland, but I would have ingredient issues there to make this soup. Luckily I was able to enjoy it while visiting SusieQusie here in Dallas & it was like coming home to my roots here. I had it to accompany a sandwich, but you could make a meal of this loaded w/veggies & chunky-textured soup. Black olives might be good as a late add & a sprinkle of shredded cheese to top. Yum! Thx for sharing your recipe w/us.
     
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  1. I have never done a review before but just had to on this one. It is fantastic! We are vegetarians, so I left out the chicken and it was still delicious! Also, I used chipotle peppers in adobo sauce in place of the jalapenos....be careful - it is pretty spicy!!! YUM! judy
     

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I'm not as active here anymore, but you can find me playing at the new recipezazz.com. I'm not a great photographer, but I love to take food photos with Freddy Cat to bring a smile to people's day. I love to cook and share good food with other people. I have a very large collection of cookbooks. I used to enjoy being able to look up recipes on Zaar by ingredients I had on hand. I miss the Zaar tag game community. Everyone was so nice, and it was super fun. Ah, the good ol' days.
 
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