Caldo Xochitl

== Description ==
Mexican hot flower soup. A festive, traditional Mexican holiday first course soup or light lunch.
== Ingredients ==
* 6 cups chicken stock
* ½ cup vermicelli or long-grain rice
* 2 tbsp olive oil
* 1 clove pressed garlic
* ½ chopped onion
* 3 whole cooked chicken breasts, cooked and julienned
* 1 can tomato with green chili or tomato with cilantro and lime, or 2 peeled chopped fresh tomatoes
* 2 fresh green chilies, chopped and unseeded
* salt to taste and fresh ground pepper
* 4 or 5 ripe California avocados
* tortillas, flour or corn
* garnish with ½ avocado, sliced thin, toasted sunflower or pumpkin seeds, small amount of cilantro.
== Directions ==
# Use the vermicelli that is cut or break up coiled type.
# Fry the vermicelli or rice until golden, add chopped onion and garlic.
# Cook until onion is clear.
# Broth should be simmering with tomato and green chile.
# Add golden rice or vermicelli to simmering stock and cover 15 minutes or until rice or pasta is done.
# Add chicken and cook till heated through.
# Ladle into bowls, garnish with ½ California avocado, spare amount of cilantro, seeds, lemon or lime.
# Serve with warm tortillas.
Category:Chicken breast Recipes
Category:Chicken stock and broth Recipes
Category:Fresh chile pepper Recipes
Category:Hass avocado Recipes
Category:Lime Recipes
Category:Long-grain rice Recipes
Category:Mexican Soups
Category:Pumpkin seed Recipes
Category:Sunflower seed Recipes
Category:Tomato Recipes