Chicken Avocado Soup

heres my first contribution.....ben and I love this soup. I make it all the time. I don't have exact measurements but this soup just doesn't need it. Just tailor ingredients to suit the amount of people you are serving.

1 chicken breast for every 2 people being served, boiled and sliced into strips
large can or carton of your favorite chicken stock
1 can chipotle peppers (you'll only need a few out of the can....rinse the chipotle sauce off of the peppers before adding them to the soup)
1 jalapeno pepper, sliced thin
couple teaspoons of olive oil
salt/pepper
1 avocado for every 2 people you are serving, halved and sliced
1 bunch of cilantro, chopped
1 or 2 limes
tortilla chips
shredded cheese

1. cut chicken into strips and boil in lightly salted water for about 5 minutes or until chicken is cooked through
2. put chicken stock in a large pot and add rinsed chipotle peppers to pot (this is completely to taste. i like it hotter so for one carton of stock i would add 3 or 4 peppers)_
3. add olive oil
4. add salt and pepper to taste
5. allow to simmer for about 5 minutes
6. add 1/2 of the sliced jalapeno
7. add cooked chicken
8. simmer l for another 2 minutes or so (just until everything is hot and steamy)
9. now you can either pull the chipotle peppers out now or leave them in to continue to flavor the stock (i like to leave them in)
10. serve soup. in each bowl put 1/2 sliced avocado, cilantro, squeeze of lime, a few crushed tortilla chips, and a little cheese and a few more slices of jalapeno

thats it!!! you can add whatever to this soup that sounds yummy to you. i have served it with a really yummy salad and another time did it with quesadillas.

hope you like it gals :)

courtney