Caldo Cantina Recipes

MEXICAN CHICKEN RICE SOUP (CALDO CANTINA)

Steps:

• Put stock in medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over med-high heat. Add rice, some salt and pepper; lower heat so that it just bubbles. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the rice is tender, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine vegetables with chicken, lime juice, cilantro and chiles (if using). Put in the bottom of one large bowl or 4 small ones.
• When the soup is ready, ladle it over the stuff in the bowls. Taste; adjust seasoning if necessary.

CALDO CANTINA

Steps:

• Put the stock in a medium saucepan and bring it to a boil over medium-high heat. Add the rice along with some salt and pepper and lower the heat so the mixture just bubbles. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the rice is quite tender, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine the vegetables with the chicken if you're using it, lime juice, cilantro, and chiles if you're using them, in the bottom of 1 large or 4 small bowls. When the soup is ready, ladle it over the vegetables and spices, taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary, and serve.

CALDO DE POLLO--MEXICAN CHICKEN STEW/SOUP

Steps:

• in one tablespoon olive oil, heat pot on high heat and sear the chicken pieces till brown on all sides.
• remove and transfer to a plate/bowl (you will add it back).
• sautee onions with the rest of the olive oil in that same pot till translucent.
• add all the veggies.
• add chicken, water, El Pato sauce, and 1 tsp salt.
• Bring to boil, cover, lower heat to medium and cover and let cook for 25 minutes.
• lower heat to medium-low and let cook for 35 more minutes--the chicken will be falling off the bone. :D yumm!
• taste and add more salt and then pepper as needed.
• then throw in the cilantro, give it a good stir, then cover again and let it simmer for about 2 minutes.
• ladle in a bowl just like that or over Mexican rice and garnish with lemon or lime wedges so your guests can squeeze it inches.

CALDO DE POLLO (MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP)

Steps:

• Cut onions in large chunks and chop cilantro.
• put chicken in a very large pot. I cut the legs off of the thighs.
• Cover with water.
• Add bouillon cubes.
• Bring to a boil
• Add whole garlic cloves, onions, salt,and cilantro.
• Lower heat and simmer 1 hour and fifteen minutes.
• While chicken cooks peel and cut potatoes into large pieces.
• Cut zucchini and squash into 1.5 inch slices.
• Cut celery into 1 inch pieces.
• Quarter the cabbage.
• Cut corn into 3 inch pieces.
• Remove any fat at this point if you wish and you can take skins off chicken.
• Add potatoes and corn cook for 20 minutes.
• Add squash, zucchini,and celery cook 10 minutes.
• Add cabbage and cook for 15 more mins or until cabbage and squash are soft.

MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP (CALDO DE POLLO)

Steps:

• Place the carrots, stock, browned garlic, oregano, chilies, cumin and salt in a dutch oven (5-quart) and bring to a boil.
• Add the whole chicken breasts, cover and simmer until chicken is cooked, approx 15 minutes.
• Remove chicken to a plate to cool about 10 minutes.
• Remove the chillies from the soup and adjust the seasoning.
• Remove the skin and bones from the chicken and tear it into coarse shreds.
• Add zucchini and chicken to the pot simmer 5 minutes.
• Add cilantro and serve in about 2 minutes with wedges of lime on the side.