Originating from Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, sopa de lima is a light and flavorful soup known for its bright, citrusy broth. This recipe is our rendition of the traditional dish and is especially meaningful to us, as Yuka’s name was inspired by this region.
Ingredients4 servings
- 10-12 oz boneless, skinless chicken breasts (or the equivalent of 1-2 breasts)
- 4 corn tortillas
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 small white onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro, washed and dried
- 3 limes
- 1 Tbsp dried oregano
- Olive oil
Directions
1
Peel and thinly slice the onion and garlic. Dice the tomatoes.
2
In a large pot, sauté the onion and garlic with a drizzle of olive oil. Add the tomatoes and oregano, then cook for a few minutes.
3
Pour in 4 cups water, season with salt and pepper, and add the chicken breasts. Simmer over medium heat for 20–25 minutes.
4
Remove the chicken from the pot and shred it using two forks. Return it to the broth along with 2 limes cut into quarters and the cilantro. Adjust the seasoning to taste.
5
Cut the tortillas into thin strips and cook them in a skillet with a little olive oil until crispy and golden.
6
Ladle the hot soup into bowls and top with the crispy tortilla strips. Finish with the juice of the remaining lime and a few cilantro leaves.
Happy cooking 🥰 ☀️
Do you chop the cilantro or leave as is?
Tasty ,easy soup. Yucatan Lime Soup
Love the Yucatán lime soup!!! Great flavor!! Good taste!. Easy to make!!🙏🌻♥️
Can’t wait to try the other recipes!!!
Thank you!!
If you say that this is so good then you are not mistaken this is so good, I was really picky on soups but until I tried this soup. I love to try other cultures so when I saw the recipe I had to try it, so I had cooked it then once I was done but whenever I tasted it I dropped to the floor because this soup taste so good 😊 ❤️
Thanks for this recipe! My husband who’s a foodie liked it!👍 😋
I’m excited to try these recipes. I LOVE your app.!
I just made this soup and loved it! SO flavorful! I increased all the ingredients slightly and instead of using 4 cups of water, I used 3 cups of chicken broth and 2 cups of water. I like spicy so I also used some of my own spicy chili seasonings. Putting the quartered limes in the soup at the end creates a really nice rich flavor of the rinds in the broth. Will certainly make this again!
Yummy 😋 on my list to make
Anxious to try…but I don’t see anyplace to print them out…
You can right-click and hit print!
Can’t wait to try it, good job!!
Love the app, way to go Yuka team!!
All good recipes.
Just made the tortillas. Wonderful! Anxious to try all the other recipes. Thank you for all these.
Love Yucatan food. I will try your recipes
Love this app. Thanks for the information. Love Yucatan food so delicious.
Please make the recipes printable….
They are printable. Choose the print option on the top of the browser. Only the recipe (not the whole page) shows up for printing.
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Love this recipe never knew Yuka was short for Yucatan I love it thank you for this ❤️🇲🇽
Thank you for the recipe I definitely going to make the Yucatan Lime Soup.
Love Pozole make it all the time.
Recipes sound delicious
Exciting having emails now with an incredible cooking recipes!!! So happy news about Yuca is in México too 😋 I totally love the Yucatan Lime Soup recipe, I never tried and I’m from México I can’t wait to make it.
BTW, Love the concept about what the name of the app came from!!! 🇲🇽
Thank You xo
Same comment as Maggie. I would like to try this, but I think you need a correction on the amount of chicken. Ten 12 oz chicken breasts would be 7.5 pounds of chicken.
wow really is that complicated for you to understand a recipe?? becareful on that kitchen at your house lady
Love the app and recipe addition! I would love to print this recipe… could you please add that capability to the page? Thanks!
Why so rude?
Why so rude Petunia?
The recipe reads 10 to 12 ounces of chicken breast
The recipe calls for between 10-12 ounces of chicken breasts. This is typically the equivalent of 1-2 breasts depending on the size.
I’m pretty sure you don’t mean 10 chicken breasts weighing 12 oz. each, but I’m not sure what you do mean.
I don’t know how I didn’t even notice that I THINK they meant 10 to 12oz of chicken breasts based on the – but good catch since everything else had a number for quantity in front of it lol
10 to 12 ounces of chicken
The recipe calls for between 10-12 ounces of chicken breasts. This is typically the equivalent of 1-2 breasts depending on the size. We updated the ingredient list to make this more clear 🙂
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I love the recipes! Especially the lime soup! Thank you!
Love everything and anything that has lemon or lime also 😁
Very Nice Thank You
always shop with YUKA. And, I enjoy receiving your recipes. Thanks. Much appreciated.
This looks SO good. You can’t go wrong with refreshing lime! Can’t wait to make it. Thank you!
I like and I cook it pozole rojo,verde is good too
Can’t wait. Mouth already watering and haven’t even smelled it yet.
This recipe sounds delish! Adding it to my meal prep list for the week. Thank you for these great recipes. Please keep them coming!
Yuka is such a valuable app to have!
Great recipes! Thanks!
I have been using Yuka for many years. It was very interesting to learn that the name “Yuka” comes from such a meaningful idea.
Thank you for sharing the story behind it!
I am excited to try this new dish.
Sounds yummy! I will try this.
Any problem using already cooked and shredded chicken from Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s?
Nope. Always do it