Recipe: Tasty Brad's cream of chicken Verde soup

Brad's cream of chicken Verde soup.

You can have Brad's cream of chicken Verde soup using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Brad's cream of chicken Verde soup

1. Prepare of For the soup.
2. It's 2 of LG split chicken breasts.
3. You need 10 of large tomatillos.
4. It's 1 of large pasilla pepper.
5. Prepare 1 of medium onion, chopped.
6. Prepare 2 tbs of minced garlic.
7. You need of Juice of 2 limes.
8. Prepare 1/2 bunch of cilantro, chopped.
9. Prepare 12 of fluid oz heavy cream.
10. You need 1/4 cup of cornstarch mix with equal cold water.
11. It's 2 tsp of granulated chicken bouillon, or to taste.
12. It's of Queso fresco for garnish.

Brad's cream of chicken Verde soup step by step

1. Place oven rack on highest setting. Preheat broiler. Place pasilla pepper directly on rack. Broil until skin is charred on all sides. Keep a close eye on it and rotate often. When completely charred, remove from oven and place in a plastic bag. Twist to seal bag and set aside for ten minutes..
2. Bring 2 qts water to boil in a large stock pot. When boiling place chicken in water. Boil 10 minutes. Remove and set aside to cool. Chicken should be a hair under done. When cool, remove skin and bones. Discard. Shred chicken with a fork..
3. Dehusk and wash tomatillos. In the same water, boil tomatillos until soft and they start to split. Remove from water and place in a blender..
4. Remove skin, stem and seeds from the pepper. Place it in the blender with tomatillos. Blend until pureed..
5. At the same time you are doing this, melt 1 tbs butter in a fry pan over medium low heat. Add onions. Sauté until carmelized. Add garlic and saute 1 more minute..
6. Add lime juice and bouillon to the water that you boiled the chicken and tomatillos in. Bring back to a boil for 2 minutes..
7. Add cilantro and cream to the water. Reduce heat to medium low. Stir constantly until mixture comes to a simmer. A little at a time, add cornstarch mixture until it reaches desired thickness. Stir constantly..
8. Add chicken back to pot cook 2 more minutes. Check flavor. Add more bouillon if desired..
9. Place soup in a bowl. Garnish with crumbled queso fresco. Serve with rice, beans, and warmed tortillas. Enjoy..