Lime Soup. **** Vbgx82b

Ingredients

3 1/2 lb chicken broiler fryer
1 onion quartered
7 cilantro
2 ts salt
1 green pepper
1 1/2 ts lime rind
8 corn tortillas
1 slice lime
6 c water
1 celery
6 peppercorn
1/2 ts thyme
2 tb vegetable oil
2 lime
1/4 ts alt
1 vegetable oil

Instructions

Place chicken and next 7 ingredients in Dutch oven; bring to boil. Cover, reduce heat; simmer 1 hour. Remove chicken,reserve broth. Let chicken cool. Bone, chop chicken; set aside. Strain broth to remove vegetables; set broth aside, discard vegetables. Saute green pepper, onion in 2 Tbsp oil in Dutch oven. Stir in tomatoes. Cook 5 minutes. Add reserved broth, lime rind, lime juice, 3 Tbsp cilantro. Bring to boil; reduce heat, simmer uncovered 20 minutes. Stir in chicken, salt and pepper; simmer uncovered, 10 minutes. Cut each tortilla into 8 wedges; fry in hot oil until crisp. Drain. To serve, place 8 tortilla wedges in each soup bowl; add soup. Garnish with lime this is close to what you remember. My husband and I had a similar soup on our honeymoon in Cancun FROM: BARBARA VAUGHAN (VBGX82B)