Wednesday's Chow - Salsa Corn Soup with Chicken

I belong to a great group of writers, Sweethearts of the West.  As the title indicates, we all write stories (historical and contemporary) set in the West.  This year, we are sponsoring a category in the Brenda Novak 2013 Annual Auction for the Cure of Diabetes that includes a children’s basket, Romancing the West basket, critiques, an ebook, and more.  Brenda’s annual auction runs May 1-31.  So far, there are over 800 items up for auction.  I’m donating several items to the auction, including a Tex-Mex Cookbook basket in the Sweethearts category.

Win a boxful of cookbooks with a southwest/southern twist. Includes:

Tex-Mex Recipes

Texas Morning Glory (Bed and Breakfast recipes)

True Gist: Buckwheat and Cornmeal Recipes

A Taste of Texas

Dolly Parton’s Tennessee Mountain Cooking

Cookbook for a Cause

POPS: Icy Treat for Everyone (to cool your mouth after all that Tex-Mex food)

For this week’s Wednesday’s Chow, I’m sharing a recipe from TEX-MEX RECIPES.

Salsa Corn Soup with Chicken

Ingredients:

3 quarts chicken broth

2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cooked and diced

2 (10-oz) packages frozen whole kernel corn, thawed

4 (11-oz) jars of Salsa

4 large carrots, diced

One lime

Directions:

In a Dutch oven, bring chicken broth to a boil.  Add chicken, corn, salsa and carrots.  Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until carrots are tender.

Serve with lime wedges for squirting on soup.

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Anna Kathryn Lanier
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