Description
Easy Caldo de Pollo is a simple, one pot chicken soup recipe made from scratch! This soup is a classic with juicy chicken, a flavorful broth and lots of tender veggies!
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
- 1 Large White Onion, diced
- 3 Cloves Garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon Cumin Powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
- 4 Stalks Celery, washed and diced into ½ inch pieces
- 3 Large Carrots, peeled and diced into ½ inch pieces
- 2 Pounds Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts or Thighs
- 1 15 Ounce Can Sweet Corn or 2–3 Corn on the Cob, peeled and cut into 3 pieces
- 2 Medium Zucchini, quartered and cut into ½ inch pieces
- 2 Bay Leaves
- 8 Cups Water
- 1.5 Pounds Russet Potatoes, peeled and roughly diced
- Lime Wedges
- Cilantro
Instructions
- Sauté: Heat a large soup pot over medium heat and add the olive oil and onion and cook until the onion becomes translucent.
- Season: Then add the garlic, cumin powder, salt and pepper, stir and cook until the garlic becomes fragrant.
- Combine: Add the celery, carrots, chicken, corn, zucchini, bay leaves and pour in the water.
- Simmer: Stir and bring to a boil over high heat. Then reduce the heat to medium heat and let it simmer for 15-20 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the squash is soft.
- Add Potatoes: Remove the chicken from the broth and add in the potatoes.
- Cook: Stir and let the potatoes cook until they become soft.
- Shred: In the meantime, roughly shred the chicken then set aside.
- Finish: Once the potatoes have cooked, add more salt to taste and remove the pan from the heat.
- Serve: Serve by pouring the broth into a deep bowl and adding some of the shredded chicken to the top of the soup and garnishing with cilantro and squeezing over fresh lime juice.
Notes
This soup is good stored in the refrigerator for up to one week.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 Cups
- Calories: 182 kcal
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 439 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 30 g
- Cholesterol: 85 mg
Keywords: Caldo de Pollo, Mexican chicken soup, one pot chicken soup, healthy comfort food