Easiest Way to Make Perfect Caldo De Pollo (Chicken Soup)

Caldo De Pollo (Chicken Soup). Caldo de Pollo or Chicken Soup is one of those comfort foods that has no borders, and traditional Mexican cooks have a special place for it, too. Caldo de Pollo means "chicken soup" in Spanish. It's a traditional dish served in Mexican households and restaurants with lots of chicken and vegetables simmered in chicken stock with lots of seasonings.

Caldo de Pollo (Mexican Chicken Soup) This Caldo de Pollo recipe (Mexican Chicken Soup) is perfect anytime. Made with chicken, carrots, onions, green cabbage, potatoes, jalapeños, corn cob pieces, garlic, cilantro and then topped with freshly squeezed lime juice. Delicious and really easy to make! You can cook Caldo De Pollo (Chicken Soup) using 0 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Caldo De Pollo (Chicken Soup)

Place chicken legs into a large stock pot and pour water over chicken; add garlic, salt, and garlic powder. Cover, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Stir in chicken bouillon cube and let dissolve. In a stockpot place chicken, water, salt, pepper, corn nibblets, and the punctured jalapeno along with chopped onions, celery, and garlic and bring this to a boil.

Caldo De Pollo (Chicken Soup) step by step

1. Wash chicken and place in a large pot with 4 quarts of water. Let cook for about 25 minutes, until mostly cooked but not completely. Take foam off top and dispose..
2. Add Chicken bouillon and tomato bouillon. Add diced potatoes, zucchini, and carrots. Cook for 15 minutes..
3. Add tomato and rice and cook for another 20 minutes or until rice is cooked through. Add salt if needed. Add cilantro stems at the last minute and turn off heat. (Rice amount can be increased or decreased depending on personal preference, I prefer a lot of rice).

Tuck the cilantro into the ball infuser and drop into stockpot. What is Caldo De Pollo: Caldo de pollo is a Mexican chicken soup that is made with different parts of chicken and vegetables. It is nutritious, delicious and comforting. Caldo means soup, while pollo means chicken. Tasty Caldo De Pollo Mexicano (Mexican Chicken Soup) is a flavorful comfort food chicken soup with chicken, vegetables, peppers and cilantro!

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