The Mexican Soup!

Name: Thermomix recipe: The Mexican Soup!
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Ingredients: 4 - 5 cloves garlic; 1 Handful fresh oregano; 1 Handful fresh coriander or cilantro (plus some more for serving); 1 red chilli; 1 red onion peeled and halved; 2 limes, zest, finely grated; 1 Teaspoon ground cumin; 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO); 1 Litre Bone Broth or liquid chicken stock; 2 limes, juice; 2 corn cobs, kernels only; 1 Batch Shredded Chicken; 250 Grams heirloom tomatoes, halved; 2 spring onions, thinly sliced; 1 red capsicum, diced; 1 - 2 sliced avocado (drizzle with lime juice); 1/4 cabbage, shredded (You can use any cabbage you wish for this); fresh coriander or cilantro leaves; 1 Pack plain corn chips; Sour cream (optional)

Serves 6 Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 25 minutes Rated: Print

I am a bit of a Mexican food addict, and I especially love the fresh flavours of Tex Mex, which is less Mex and more Tex. I first saw this idea years ago when I was visiting good friends in Houston and we had something similar to this but using hominy instead of corn. Hominy is a corn that has been treated and is a staple of South American cuisine. It is hard to get in Australia though it is available in tins online if you try hard enough.

I do find fresh corn is just as good, and if you char it first, even superior perhaps, though the hominy does have a very distinctive taste that is not anything like corn.

Whatever you end up with in this recipe you can add in LOADS of everything fresh to make it go a long way. It is essentially a broth, and then just fill her up with your favourite veggies. (The kids love it too!!)

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Need

The Soup
4 - 5 cloves garlic
1 Handful fresh oregano
1 Handful fresh coriander or cilantro (plus some more for serving)
1 red chilli
1 red onion peeled and halved
2 limes, zest, finely grated
1 Teaspoon ground cumin
1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) BUY
1 Litre Bone Broth or liquid chicken stock Recipe
2 limes, juice
2 corn cobs, kernels only
The Rest
1 Batch Shredded Chicken Recipe
250 Grams heirloom tomatoes, halved
2 spring onions, thinly sliced
1 red capsicum, diced
1 - 2 sliced avocado (drizzle with lime juice)
1/4 cabbage, shredded (You can use any cabbage you wish for this)
fresh coriander or cilantro leaves
1 Pack plain corn chips
Sour cream (optional)

Do

1: Place garlic, oregano, coriander, chilli, onion, lime zest, cumin and EVOO into Thermomix bowl and chop 5 sec/speed 6.
2: Sauté 5 min/Varoma/speed 1/MC off
3: Add remaining soup ingredients except corn.
4: Cook 10 min/100ºC/Reverse/speed soft.
5: Add corn and cook a further 4 min/100ºC/Reverse/speed soft.

Serve immediately in large soup bowls, and top with all other ingredients.

Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.

Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!