Traditional Caldo De Pollo Chicken Soup Recipes

CALDO DE POLLO

Steps:

• Place chicken, water, and salt into a large stock pot and at medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Once foam starts forming on the surface, skim and discard.
• After removing the foam, add the onion, garlic, and celery. Partially cover the pot. Turn heat down and gently simmer for about 30 minutes. Do not boil.
• Add the carrots, cilantro and if you are using other vegetables, add them 15 minutes later since carrots take longer to cook. Check the chicken for doneness and, once cooked, remove and set aside to cool.
• Keep simmering the broth for about 10 more minutes until carrots are completely cooked.
• When the chicken pieces have cooled, shred it or cut into small bite-sized pieces. Dice the carrots once they are cooked and set aside.
• Strain the broth using a large fine mesh strainer. Return the broth to the pot and let it settle for about 8-10 minutes, remove the fat that rises to the surfaces using a large spoon. If you are not using the broth right away you can skim off the fat after placing the broth for some time in the fridge.
• Turn the heat on to low to warm up and check if it needs more salt to your taste. When ready to serve, place some cooked rice (if using) in a medium-size bowl, a serving of shredded chicken, carrots, and stir in the warm broth. Let everyone garnish their own soup.

CALDO DE POLLO

Steps:

• Place chicken legs into a large stock pot and pour water over chicken; add garlic, salt, and garlic powder. Cover, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Simmer until chicken meat falls off the bones, 1 to 2 hours. Stir in chicken bouillon cube and let dissolve.
• Mix carrots, potatoes, zucchini, chayote, and white onion in the broth, turn heat to medium-low, and cook soup at a low boil until carrots and potatoes are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Stir chopped cilantro into soup, simmer for 5 minutes, and serve.

CALDO DE POLLO OR CHICKEN SOUP MEXICAN STYLE

Steps:

• In a large pot, place the water, chicken, salt, and garlic. Bring the ingredients to a boil, then reduce to medium heat and let simmer for 15 minutes. While the broth is simmering, skim the foam that forms on top of the water.
• In a separate pan, heat up the oil on medium heat, add rice and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 2-3 minutes. Be careful not to burn it.
• Add chopped onion and continue cooking until onion is translucent, for about 2 minutes.
• Add chopped tomato and cook for another 3 minutes.
• Add this mixture to the chicken pot.
• Stir in the carrots, celery, and potatoes to the soup and let come to a boil. Reduce heat. Allow it to simmer until vegetables cook through, about 20-30 minutes.
• Add tomato sauce, cilantro during the last 5 minutes of cooking. Check again for salt.
• Ladle soup into bowls including a piece of chicken for each serving, and serve with lime wedges and warm corn tortillas.
• Optional: Add slices of avocado to your soup.

CALDO DE POLLO (MEXICAN CHICKEN SOUP)

Steps:

• Combine 6 cups chicken broth, water, chicken tenders, chicken bouillon cubes, olive oil, granulated garlic, cumin, salt, and pepper in a large pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover pot, and simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 25 minutes. Gently shred chicken using 2 forks. Add onion to broth and simmer for about 5 more minutes.
• Bring 2 cups chicken broth, rice, and chili powder to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, about 25 minutes.
• Spoon rice into each serving bowl and pour soup over rice. Garnish with avocado slices and cilantro.

TRADITIONAL CALDO DE POLLO (CHICKEN SOUP)

Steps:

• In a food processor, finely chop onions, celery, and garlic.
• Puncture jalapeno with a knife.
• In a stockpot place chicken, water, salt, pepper, corn nibblets, and the punctured jalapeno along with chopped onions, celery, and garlic and bring this to a boil.
• Tuck the cilantro into the ball infuser and drop into stockpot.
• Let everything simmer for about 20 to 30 minutes.
• Add halved potatoes and simmer for 5 minutes.
• At this point taste the broth for flavor. Add salt if needed.
• Add carrots and chayote and simmer for another 5 minutes.
• Add green beans and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes.
• Test potatoes to make sure they are cooked. If they are turn off heat.
• Finally, add zucchini and cabbage and let these veggies cooked with the heat of the broth. Cover and let it sit approximately 3 minutes.
• Serve with lime and garnish with chopped onions/cilantro if desired. OR serve over plain rice.

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.