Type: Soup

Serve With: Shredded cheese and sour cream

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal live. John 3:16 (NIV)

Ingredients:

3 Chicken quarters - You may use a small, whole chicken, or any other parts in an equivalent

Water - Enough to fill a large stock pot 3/4 full

6 large Carrots - Sliced crossways
4 stalks Celery - Sliced crossways
3 Onions - Roughly chopped
5 whole cloves Garlic
2 Bay leaves
4 Lime leaves
~ 8 Peppercorns - Whole
~ 8 Coriander seeds - * Optional
~ 2 tbsp Sea salt
2 whole Tomatoes - Chopped
1 Serrano pepper - Finely diced
3/4 Beer - 3/4 of a whole beer
1/2 tsp Hot sauce - Use as much as you like.
10 oz Tomato sauce - Not pasta sauce
1/4 tsp Chili powder
2 tsp Ground cumin
2 tbsp Cornstarch
Shredded cheese - Tex-Mex or cheddar
Tortilla chips - To float on top of soup
Sour cream - As garnish

Instructions:

1. Fill stock pot 3/4 full of cold water with sea salt, peppercorns, coriander seeds, bay leaves, and 2 lime leaves.

2. Rinse chicken pieces and put in water on medium heat. You may use frozen chicken for this if desired.

3. Wash and chop carrots, celery, onion very roughly. Keep garlic cloves whole, just peel skins off. Add to pot.

4. Allow to boil and turn down heat to simmer. Lightly boil/simmer for about 1.5 hrs or until chicken is tender and falling off the bone.

* Take a piece of chicken out of the pot, and make sure the chicken juice runs clear when cut near the bone.

* Tip: Some brown foam may rise to the top of the pot, so take a large spoon and skim off the brown foam off the top and discard. These are the "impurities". You may have to do this a few times before the soup boils clean.

5. Once chicken is "falling off the bone", fish out all the chicken out of the pot and allow to cool. Once cool, shred chicken by picking off the bones and pulling apart every piece. Set aside to add to each individual bowl.

6. While waiting for chicken to cool, find garlic in pot and crush, with the side of a wooden spoon, into the soup.

7. Dice 2 whole, ripe tomatoes into small pieces. Dice 1 serrano pepper (I cannot get fresh serranos where I live in Canada, so I use canned serrano peppers.) Add to the soup while continuing to let simmer.

* Tip: Put remainder of can of serrano peppers into a Ziploc freezer bag and freeze for subsequent uses.

8. Add beer, ground cumin, chili powder, other 2 lime leaves, and hot sauce to soup and continue to simmer.

9. Once chicken is shredded for serving, take cornstarch in a small bowl and add same amount of cold water. Take a whisk to mix completely, then add to soup.

* Tip: The cornstarch will thicken up the soup and will only reach it's thickening power when the soup boils. If you boil it too much, the cornstarch will then lose it's thickening power. So, as soon as the soup boils for about 1 min after adding cornstarch mixture (a slurry), turn it down/off.

10. To prepare individual bowls for serving, add a good amount of shredded chicken, then add desired amount of soup. Garnish top of soup with tortilla/corn chips (the more the better), shredded cheese and sour cream.

11. Serve and Enjoy! I know you will!

I hope you enjoy this soup recipe like we do!

Eat Deliciously!

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