RO*TEL Across America Recipe Contest - Chicken Thai-mato Soup

Chicken Thai-mato Soup

by Richard from CT

A Ro-tel-ified version of a classic Thai soup

AVERAGE RATING

Category

Soup/Stew/Chili

Prep Time

10 min prep - 25 min cooking

Servings

6

Recipe Ingredients

2 15 oz. cans chicken broth
1 lb. skinless, boneless chicken breasts (2 large)
1 medium onion, cut into 1" strips
2 cups bagged shredded cole slaw mix (cabbage and carrots)
2 cans Rotel (regular or Mexican w/ lime & cilantro)
1 15 oz. can coconut milk (unsweetened)
1 lime (for 1 Tbsp grated zest and 1/4 cup lime juice)
ground red pepper (optional)
1 cup sliced fresh white mushrooms

Directions

1. Pour cans of chicken broth into a large saucepan, place the chicken breasts into the broth and turn the burner onto medium high heat. Cover and bring broth to a boil. When broth begins to boil, remove the breasts to a cutting board to cool. They will be undercooked.

2. Reduce heat to medium and add onions and cole slaw mix to broth. Cover and cook for 10 minutes until cabbage starts to wilt.

3. Add both cans of Rotel and the coconut milk. Slice the chicken breasts into 1 inch slices and add into the soup. Once the soup is steaming hot again, add the lime zest. If you use regular Ro-tel, add the full 1/4 cup of lime juice. If you used the Ro-tel Mexican, add lime juice to taste. If desired, add ground red pepper at this point to bring the heat up.

4. Once the chicken is fully cooked and soup is steaming hot (don't bring back to a boil), ladle the soup into individual serving bowls and garnish each with the sliced mushrooms. Enjoy!
Makes 6 servings

Notes: There's a Thai soup called Tom Ka Kai and I order it every time I eat at a Thai restaurant. The spicy broth is a nice, creamy balance of chicken broth, coconut milk and lime juice with slices of white chicken meat in it. Like a lot of Thai food, it's light and it really packs some heat. I like it so much that I adapted it a few years ago and added Rotel and mushrooms, because I want a heartier soup. For this contest, I amped my home recipe by adding more veggies to make a family-style hearty soup.