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Chicken and Pinto Bean Soup with Lime and Cilantro

Chicken and Pinto Bean Soup with Lime and Cilantro
  • Category

    Soup

  • Cusine

    American

Ingredients

1 onion, diced small

1 T chopped garlic

1-2 tsp. olive oil

8 cups homemade chicken stock 

2 ts. dried oregano

1 T ground cumin

1/2 tsp. ground Chipotle chile powder

2 cans pinto beans with juice

4 cups diced, cooked chicken

1 can

1/2 cup hummus or refried beans

1/4 cup lime juice

1 cup chopped fresh cilantro

Directions

Heat olive oil in frying pan or in the soup pot, then saute onion 2-3 minutes. Add garlic and saute a couple of minutes more. In large soup pot combine homemade chicken stock, onions, garlic, oregano, ground cumin , and Chipotle chile powder and let simmer on low about 15 minutes. Add 2 cans pinto beans with juice, cooked chicken, diced green chiles , and hummus or refried beans and simmer one hour or a little longer, until flavors are well combined, and beans are quite soft. Turn off heat and stir in lime juice and chopped cilantro. Serve hot, with more chopped cilantro and lime juice to be added at the table if desired.