Chicken Noodle Soup
Gently Spiced Mexican Chicken Noodle Soup with Pumpkin
This Mexican chicken soup recipe is rich in vegetables and the flavors of zucchini, pumpkin, carrots, tomatoes, onions, and celery are further enhanced with cumin, garlic, and fettuccine. If you cannot get small pumpkin, use yellow squash instead. This is an easy chicken soup recipe to make and if you want to enjoy the goodness of fresh vegetables in your Mexican chicken soup, this recipe is ideal. The cooking method is very simple too and even soup-making beginners can manage this one with ease.
Mexican soup recipes are great for the whole family because they are hearty, filling and are usually packed with healthy vegetables. Some Mexican soups are spicier than others are but you can control how spicy your soup recipes are. Mexican chicken soup is a family favorite and this soup is fun to make and even better to eat.
You might be surprised at the lack of spices in this Mexican soup recipe, with garlic and cumin being the only ones, but Mexican food is not always spicy. That is a popular misconception about Mexican food. This Mexican chicken noodle soup, like many other Mexican food recipes, focuses on using fresh produce for maximum flavor.
This recipe is part of our "Heart Healthy Diet Recipe" series.
Mexican Chicken Noodle Soup
Ingredients -
1 fryer chicken, 3, or 4 lbs
1 clove garlic, sliced
8 ribs celery, chopped
1 teaspoon cumin
2 onions, chopped
16 oz can tomatoes
2 small pumpkins, peeled, de-seeded and sliced
2 zucchini, sliced
1 package fettuccine
2 carrots, chopped
2 quarts water for cooking
Preparation:
Boil the chicken with half the celery, one of the onions and the garlic for an hour an a half.
Take the chicken out of the broth and add the carrots.
Cook for 15 minutes, and then add the other onion, the rest of the celery and the tomatoes and cumin.
Cook for half an hour.
Remove the skin and bones from the chicken and cut it into bite-sized pieces.
Add the pumpkin and zucchini to the soup, and cook for 10 minutes more, or until everything is tender.
Add the fettuccine and chicken and cook until the noodles are done.
(Serves 4)
Mexican Chicken Noodle Soup
Nutritional Info:
Calories (kcal): 289
% Calories from Fat: 12.5%
% Calories from Carbohydrates: 60.0%
% Calories from Protein: 27.5%
Per Serving Nutritional Information:
Total Fat (g): 4g 6%
Saturated Fat (g): 1g 5%
Monounsaturated Fat (g): 1g 5%
Polyunsaturated Fat (g): 1g 5%
Cholesterol (mg): 38mg 13%
Total Carbohydrate (g): 43g 14%
Dietary Fiber (g): 4g 14%
Protein (g): 20g 40%
Sodium (mg): 143mg 6%
Potassium (mg): 609mg 17%
Calcium (mg): 66mg 7%
Iron (mg): 3mg 18%
Zinc (mg): 2mg 12%
Vitamin C (mg): 17mg 29%
Vitamin A (i.u.): 4892IU 98%
Vitamin A (r.e.): 493 1/2RE 49%
Vitamin B6 (mg): .3mg 16%
Vitamin B12 (mcg): .1mcg 2%
Thiamin B1 (mg): .6mg 38%
Riboflavin B2 (mg): .3mg 20%
Folacin (mcg): 42mcg 11%
Niacin (mg): 4mg 22%
