6-8 Cups chicken stock(use stock from boiling chicken)
2 Garlic cloves, chopped
Cumin
Chili powder
Chipotle powder
2 Bay leaves
Salt and pepper
Cilantro, chopped
Red onion
Lime wedges
Instructions
Boil chicken in water, salt, pepper and bay leaf
When chicken is done remove and let cool, save water
When chicken is cool to touch shred and set meat aside
Use chicken water as stock
Add bay leaf, garlic and spices, salt and pepper to taste
Add carrots, celery, onion, tomato and hominy.
Bring to a simmer
When vegetables soften add chicken
Add red bell pepper
Add more spices to taste.
When chicken is brought to temperature of soup your soup is done.
Garnish with cilantro, red onion and lime wedge.
Notes
Roasting carrots before hand will give it a smokey flavor. You can also sauté the onions and add carrots, celery and tomatoes before adding chicken broth and use butter or olive oil to sauté vegetables
With the weather getting chilly and Summer memories fading fast, pharm it’s time to get ready for Fall. This means pulling out the sweaters and light jackets. Getting blankets and comforters out from the top shelf of the linen closet. Watching leave turn colors. Dusting off that slow cooker. Washing the stock pots and digging up those wonderful fall recipes, store or discovering new ones.
Here at House of Zeta it may take us a little time to get used to fall, healing as we tend to be spring and summer people. But once we do, we go all out. Slow cooking pork shoulders or roasts. Baking lasagna’s and sweet pies. Making lots of soups and stocks. Roasting root vegetables as they become available. We start to discover our kitchens again and just like old friends it feels like time never passes.
With the days getting shorter and the nights longer, the farmers markets will have less and less to choose from. The farmers will start to head back upstate and buckle down. The weather will start to turn even colder as the days go by. And we will find ourselves indoors more often, which can only mean one thing. It’s time to enjoy what warm days are left, to grab that mulled wine and simmer it while you slow cook the night away.