Maya Recipes - Soups and Salads

Che Chak

Simple Fish Soup

• Fish fillets
• Oregano
• Garlic
• Lime
• Salt
• Pepper

Cover fish fillets with water. Add remaining ingredients. Boil about 2 minutes for 1/2 inch thick fillets.

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Lima Soup

(6 servings)

• 1 whole Chicken cut into pieces or 2 big Chicken Breasts
• 10 Cups of water
• 2 Bunches of oregano
• 2 slices of garlic
• 1 onion chopped into 4 pieces
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons of corn oil
• 2 medium peeled tomatoes (big chunks)
• 1 chopped sweet pepper
• 6 slices of lime
• 6 tortillas chopped in slices and fried

Cook your chicken in water with oregano, garlic, onion and salt to the taste for about an hour. Once cooked take the chicken out, let it cool down and shred it. Strain the broth. Put the onion in corn oil, add tomatoes and sweet pepper and marinate before adding the broth and 3 slices of lime. Saut» for 10 minutes.

Add the shredded chicken, the other half of limes and tortillas. Serve it immediately (if not the tortillas won't be crispy anymore).