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