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Everyone enjoys a warm comfort soup when it’s cold outside! This week, I wanted to share one of my all time favorite Spanish soup recipes called “Sopa de Pollo”. This soup has some resemblance to the American chicken noodle soup, but packs a lot more flavor, and is way heartier. Here is what you will need:
Our Favorite Chicken Soup this Winter
Ingredients
- 11 cups Water
- 4-5 Chicken Thighs or Breast
- 6 Garlic Cloves, minced
- 1 Medium Potato, peeled and diced
- 1-2 Carrots shredded, or peeled and chopped
- 1/3 cup Cilantro
- 1/2 cup Sofrito
- 1 tsp Oregano
- 1 tsp Garlic Salt
- 1 tsp Sazon
- 1 tbsp Cumin
- 1 1/2 tbsp Adobo
- 1 cube Chicken Bullion
- 1 cup Soup Noodles
Instructions
- First take your chicken (this could be thighs or breast, but thighs have more flavor), clean, and season with about 1.5 tbsp of Adobo and 1 tbsp of cumin. Set this aside in a bowl.
- For this recipe, I recommend taking the time to make your own chicken stock vs just pouring in broth that is pre-manufactured. It will not take a long time, and the flavor is worth the additional wait. To do this, take a stock pot or I recommend using a dutch oven, and pour in 10 cups of water. Bring this to a boil.
- Once your water has come to a boil, reduce the heat, and place your seasoned chicken in the pot, and allow this to boil for about 1 hour. During this time, check on your chicken periodically in case any fat or foam renders to the top. You can remove this with a spoon.
- After an hour, your chicken will be very tender. Remove the chicken from the pot and pull off any skin or fat. Once you have just the meat, shred your chicken and return it to the pot. You can discard the fat and bones.
- Next you can add your seasonings and a few vegetables. Add 1 chicken bullion cube, 1 tsp sazon, 1 tsp garlic salt, 1 tsp oregano, 1/2 cup sofrito, 6 garlic cloves, minced,1-2 carrots shredded, or peeled and chopped, and 1/3 cup cilantro. Stir these ingridients around, allow them to cook with the chicken for about 30 more minutes, or until the carrots are tender. Can you imagine how amazing your kitchen is going to smell!? We recommend not adding the potatoes or pasta yet so these cook rather quickly.
- Once the carrots are tender, add 1 cup of diced potatoes. Allow these to cook for about 10 minutes.
- Once your potatoes are cooked, you can now add in your 1 cup of soup noodles. Once your noodles are al dente, your soup will be ready to eat! Serve and garnish with more cilantro or an avocado. ¡Que Rico! Enjoy!
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Everyone around me is getting sick and there is something about making chicken soup for my family that just makes me feel better about everything. Also, I know this one is Mexican but it reminds me of a Colombian soup that my mom used to make. So excited to have found your site.
Legit so perfect for the cooler months! It’s raining here today, which never happens, and it’s just so cozy, I love it!!
What a great comfort food that’s also perfect for when you’re under the weather. I want to make this soup soon.
Yyyyoooo….all I had to see was the chicken close by and I knew this dish was LIT!!!! Chicken soup is my best any day, any time. I live for it.
I just made a similar version of this soup earlier this week. It was delicious. It’s like a warm hug in your belly 🙂
I plan to make chicken soup this weekend, so I will save your recipe for later. I need to get cilantro.
Such an amazing meal for weeknights! So comforting!
Scratch chicken soup is so underrated. I love cooking soups to stay warm for the winter.
This looks like a really great soup recipe! I generally make my own stock but then I freeze it and there it sits. I will pull some out and give this a try!
Yum! Homemade chicken soup is my absolute favorite. I can’t wait to try this recipe!
Homemade soup is always better during the winter season. I love adding it to our menu throughout the week.
i love soup season! this looks amazing! i’ll have to save it for late 🙂
Your “Our Favorite Chicken Soup this Winter” sounds so delicious! I hope I can cook it next week. Sounds so hearty!
That is a great dish to eat during cold season and it’s easy to make too. The chicken noodle soup looks absolutely delicious!