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Caldo Xochitl - {Mexican Hot Flower Soup}

It's a festive, rich red-and-green first course or light lunch; serve hot to 6 to 8 people; traditional Mexico on a holiday.

Courses: Soup
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

6 cups 1422mlChicken stock
1/2 cup 99g / 3.5ozVermicelli or fine egg noodles
2 tablespoons 30mlOlive oil
1   Chicken breast - cooked, julienned
2   Green chilies - chopped
1   Tomato - peeled, seeded,
  And chopped
2   Green onions - sliced finely
  On a diagonal
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground white pepper - to taste
  Garnish
  Chopped cilantro
  Toasted sunflower or pumpkin seeds
1   Avocado - sliced thin

Recipe Instructions

Break the pasta into 1/2-inch pieces and fry in the oil until it's brown. Drain and add to the stock, while it is simmering in a saucepan. Cook until just tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in the chicken, tomato, green onion, and cook until the mixture is just heated through.

Ladle into bowls, garnish sparcely with the cilantro, seeds, and avocado, and serve. Pass separate bowls of the garnish.

Source:
Soup Of The Evening...Beautiful Soup at http://www.soupsong.com

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