Tlalpeño soup for 6 people with a budget of $ 5
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• 1 pound chicken breast $3
• 3 tomatoes $0.50
• 2 diced carrots $0.20
• 1 diced potato $0.20
• 1 diced Mexican squash or zucchini $0.20
• 1 chipotle pepper (to taste) $0.20
• 1 small onion (½ will be used to cook the chicken and ¼ chopped to add to the soup, ¼ for the sauce) $0.50
• Cilantro branch $ 0.20
Process:
- Cook the chicken in a pot with enough salt, water and a piece of onion. When it is perfectly cooked, change the water and boil it again with salt and onion.
- Blend tomato with onion and chipotle pepper (if you want it hot). Simmer and add it to the chicken stock and let it boil.
- Add carrots and potatoes and let it boil for 10 minutes. (We recommend not using canned vegetables).
- At the end add chopped zucchini and let it boil for 5 more minutes.
- This soup is served hot and you can put chopped onion and cilantro, and cheese crumbled or diced.