Chicken and Avocado Soup | Recipe | Turning the Clock Back (2024)

This chicken and avocado soup recipe is sponsored by Avocados from Mexico and The Motherhood but all opinions expressed are my own.

Have you ever gotten together with friends for a pot lock meal and been awed by someone else’s creation? Sometimes, I am amazed at the different types of recipes that people can come up with when given the same ingredients. One person may see peanut butter as a dessert ingredient while another might see it as part of a spicy dip for chicken. The possibilities are endless when it comes to creating new recipes out of a few basic foods. I was recently asked to get together with a few other Atlanta bloggers to see what we could create with avocados. And not just any avocados, either. Our food blogger mission was to create a cool recipe using Avocados from Mexico and then share the recipes with each other and with our readers.

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Avocados are extremely versatile. They can be eaten alone or used in many different types of tasty recipes. Fresh avocados go great on sandwiches, toast or even as asubstitutefor higher calorie spreads to reduce your intake ofcalories fat,sodiumand cholesterol. Avocados contain what is called ‘good fats’….the monounsaturated andpolyunsaturatedfast that we are supposed to be eating. One ounce (3 slices) of an avocado has only 50 calories but contributes almost 20 different vitamins and miners to your diet. They have a wonderful flavor and an incredibly creamy texture which I absolutely love!

Avocados are really easy to prepare. You want to find one that is dark in color and firm but gives slightly when you press gently on it. Hold the avocado in the palm of your hand and gently slice all the way around the middle with a large knife. There will be a large pit in the middle so don’t try cutting all the way through! When the cut is made all the way around, twist the two halves in opposite directions and they will pop right apart! On one side you will see the large pit…use your knife to remove it. I sortof chop the sharp end of the knife right into the pit and then turn. It will come out easily! Scoop the soft center out of the avocado with a large spoon and then dice. Very easy!

For my recipe, I chose to combine a few of my favorite flavors from some classic Mexican dishes. I made this as a ‘top your own’ soup recipe to give my kids a chance to get creative and have some control over their meal. Top your own dishes are always a big hit in my house! I used fresh cilantro, chopped avocado, crushed tortilla chips and spoonfuls of fresh lime juice to create the finished product.

Chicken and Avocado Soup

Yield: 6

Chicken and Avocado Soup

Prep Time15 minutes

Cook Time20 minutes

Total Time35 minutes

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 8 cloves garlic,minced
• 4 fresh jalapeno peppers, chopped
• 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into bit sized pieces
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
• 1 14 ounce can diced tomatoes, drained
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 avocado - peeled, pitted and diced
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 cup crushed tortilla chips

Instructions

2. In a large stock pot, heat olive oil over medium heat.
3. Add in chopped onion, minced garlic and diced jalapenos
4. Saute 4 to 5 minutes or until onions are translucent
5. Add in cubed chicken and cook until almost done, about 5 minutes
6. Add in stock and tomatoes and bring to a boil
7. Turn down heat and simmer 10 minutes
8. Add salt and black pepper to taste
9. To serve, spoon into bowls and top with crushed tortilla chips, cilantro, chopped avocado and 2 TBSP (or to taste) fresh lime juice.

For our #AmazingAvoCinco recipe swap, I got together with some other great Atlanta area bloggers via a Google hangout. It was a fun way to show off what we made without the stress of a drive, traffic, scheduling, etc. Who joined the recipe swap with me and what did they make? Here are a few of their creations…head over to their blogs to get the recipes!

Meghan fromJa Monkeymade Avocado Ice Pops

Renee fromCutie Booty Cakesmade Avocado Lime Yogurt Parfait

The Giveaway

Avocados from Mexico would like to give one of my readers a $100 Visa gift card! That is a LOT of avocados you can buy! This is a Giveaway Tools contest so just follow the directions in the form below to enter!

Disclaimer: I was compensated for providing you with this information as part of a campaign through The Motherhood and Avocados from Mexico. All opinions expressed here are my own.

Diane Hoffmaster

Diane is a professional blogger and nationally certified pharmacy technician atGood Pill Pharmacy. She earned her BS in Microbiology at theUniversity of New Hampshire and has worked in cancer research, academics, and biotechnology. Concern over the growing incidence of human disease and the birth of her children led her to begin living a more natural life. She quickly realized that the information she was learning along the way could be beneficial to many others and started blogging and freelance writing to share this knowledge with others. Learn more about her HERE.