On to Google. This recipe from texascooking.com, looks very similar to another recipe I have. Or, there's this list at cdkitchen.
Compared to my last try, lots of these recipes use fresh cilantro. Seems reasonable to add. I am not adding kidney beans, black beans, or the bizarre vegetable mix found in the copycat recipe for El Torito.
I'll go buy some ingredients, and post what I finally do.
Update:
~2 cups chicken breast
~2 cups chicken broth
2 beef bullion cubes
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium red onion, chopped
1 14 oz can corn
1 14 oz can diced tomatoes with peppers
3 pieces celery, chopped [more because they were in the fridge and going bad than anything else]
1 tsp chili powder
2 tsp ground cumin
~1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp epazote
1/2 bunch fresh cilantro [maybe a cup?]
1 tsp chipolte peppers in adobo sauce
1 tsp Worcester sauce
Throw into the slow cooker, let it cook overnight [and remember to make sure it's plugged in!]. Presumably more taste than the previous attempt, but I may have to add more chipolte peppers or some Tabasco depending on how hot it is.
Update: It ended up having just a hint of a bite to it, so I added a couple of drops of Tabasco sauce to each bowl. Served with tortilla chips.
Overall, pretty tasty, although the chicken disintegrated and turned the whole thing into more of a stew than a soup. Either the chipolte peppers or the cilantro added something that was needed, though. Note that I had prepared the chicken breast and broth from a fryer I cooked in the slow cooker overnight, with a little salt and pepper for seasoning.
Posted by Owlish at April 27, 2005 09:34 AM | TrackBack