Kent & I had our date night Friday and went to Boston’s for dinner. We had the best “Baja Chicken Enchilada” soup! I knew I could re-create it here at home, only with better ingredients, and tonight I nailed it, by golly. (I didn’t even ask them for the recipe, I just gave it a shot.)
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ORGANIC BAJA CHICKEN ENCHILADA SOUP (Use as many organic ingredients as you can.)
And by the way, yes, this recipe uses a lot of butter. Good thing it is good for us, huh?! Not to mention what I learned from Glenn: butter carries flavors across your tongue. Don’t fall for the saturated fat rhetoric, and stop feeling guilty about it. Food that our ancestors ate is our way back to optimum health.
- The night before, or earlier in the day, place chicken in a baggie with the juice from a couple limes and half a packet of taco seasoning. Let marinate for a few hours, then when it’s about 45 minutes from dinnertime, start this:
- Chop an onion and sauté in 4 T. butter (I use my cast iron pan)
- Meanwhile, melt 3/4 c. butter (1 1/2 sticks) in a soup pot, stir in 1 1/4 c. flour (best: sprouted flour), keep stirring while you let that cook a minute or so (you’re basically just making a white sauce)
- Add 2 c. whole milk and stir well
- Add 4 c. chicken stock (best: homemade from pastured chickens)
- Add 1/2 packet of organic taco seasoning (or make your own taco seasoning)
- Add sea salt, red pepper, fresh garlic, more taco seasoning, etc. all to your taste – we had to be careful not to make it as spicy as we’d like, or the kids wouldn’t eat it.
- Add 12-16 oz. jar of salsa (I used my homemade organic salsa)
- Add onions to the pot after they start to get a little golden brown
- Use the pan the onions were in and add chicken (cut into strips, however much you want to use, I used 4 pasture-fed chicken breasts) and more butter or olive oil, then sauté ’til done; add to pot
- Add 15 oz. can of black beans, drained (organic if you can find them)
- I added an organic chopped red bell pepper from my garden, or you could also add summer squash (not ’til it’s almost done, though, or it will get mushy)
- Add about 1 or 2 c. of corn when it’s almost time to eat – make sure it’s non-GMO
- You could get some sprouted tortillas, brush them with butter, bake ’til crispy, then cut into strips and serve the soup with those on top. Or you could crush some tortilla chips then sprinkle cheddar cheese over it. A dollop of sour cream might be good, too, wish I had thought of that earlier when we were eating it.
Try it and let me know what you think!
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This sounds yummy!
Yummy! And similar to a recipe that I use for what I call “Chicken Taco Soup”. I made some chicken stock last night (using organic chicken). Maybe this would be good for tonight. I’ll have to get the organic taco seasoning – I didn’t know that it existed.
Hi Diana,
Just wanted to let you know that you wouldn’t have to use the packet of taco seasoning – you can easily toss in your own mexican spices for the same flavors. This would probably be healthier anyway, even if you were using the organic packet…anything not coming from a package is always best, organic or not!
Kelly
Kelly,
Thanks for planning dinner for us last night! It was really really yummy! I got your feed and realized I had everything in the house! (Apparently, I hadn’t planned dinners this week;)) I have made Chicken Tortilla soup before, but with the cream base, it definitely takes it to the Enchilada side!!! Very easy to make also! Every kid finished their bowl (a bonus no dinner negotiations;)! Thanks again for experimenting!!
Renee
Kelly,
I cannot believe I never thought to make my own taco seasoning! And yes, I already have all of the spices needed.
Diana
Renee, you’re so sweet, I’m glad you liked it! (We’re eating the leftovers tonight and I think it will be even better.)
Diana, that reminds me! My friend, Sue, has a recipe for homemade taco seasoning. I just emailed her to ask her to send it to me. When she does, I’ll do a post on it.
Kelly
This recipe looks great!
Just a question, though, when you say:
“melt 3/4 pound of butter (1 1/2 sticks)”
isn’t 3/4 pounds of butter = 3 sticks
or 1 1/2 sticks = 3/8 pound?
Just checking to make sure which you mean before I make the recipe.
Thanks, and I’m anxious to try this out
(not that a little extra butter ever really hurts, does it?)
Rich
Hi Rich, thanks for catching that! It’s 3/4 c., I just fixed it in the recipe.
Come back and let us know how you liked it!
Kelly,
Do you mind to give your homemade salsa recipe out? My poor husband slatherd on some organic salsa this morning onto his omelette and he spit it right out. He said it was awful. So rather than going through salsa after salsa, I’m sure that you have one that you enjoy.
Hi Lauren, we actually normally buy ours, and have had pretty good luck. Lately we buy Meijer organic brand.
HOWEVER, this summer we’re doing a bigger garden and look forward to some homemade salsa! I’m sure I’ll be posting a recipe then! You could google it and get a few different recipes and try what sounds good to you – just taste test and you can’t go wrong with salsa, in my opinion.
Kelly,
We tried this soup the other night and had leftovers today for lunch. Every bit was gone in two sittings! Kids and Mike and I loved it! I even used white whole wheat flour, and it turned out fine. We loved it with our raw milk cheddar cheese and crushed organic tortilla chips from Costco. Thank you so much!
By the way, in case anyone was wondering about making your own taco seasoning, Kelly posted a recipe here in her blog!
Sue E.
Sue, I’m glad you liked it! Thanks for reminding me to add a link in the post for the homemade taco seasoning.
Kelly