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Sopa Azteca Recipe
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Sopa Azteca Recipe

14 ingredients 4 portions openrecipes

Here's a tried and true recipe that we teach at the De La Tierra cooking school in Oaxaca. As we try to teach the history of the cuisine as well as the dish itself...

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

746
Calories
40g
Protein
43g
Fat
57g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Avocado 1 medium (150g) 240
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Corn Tortilla 1 medium flour (45g) 140
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lime juice of 1 lime (44ml) 11
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Cilantro 1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • vegetable oil for shallow frying
  • 2 cloves garlic, peeled and left whole
  • 1/2 small white onion, sliced
  • 2 ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped
  • 3 cups chicken stock
  • 3 corn tortillas, cut into strips
  • 6 dried pasilla chiles, stemmed, seeded then pressed flat
  • 6 oz shredded chicken*
  • 3 oz queso fresco, diced*
  • 1 large ripe avocado, diced
  • 2 limes, halved
  • chopped cilantro
  • 2 oz white onion, finely diced
  • salt

Directions

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By chow · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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