One-Pot Southwest Chicken Soup with Bulgur

🥘 Ingredients

• Mexican Spice Blend
  2 tbsp
• Southwest Spice Blend
  2 tbsp
• avocado
  2
• black pepper
  1 tsp
• bulgur wheat
  1 c
• chicken stock concentrate
  6 unit
• chopped chicken breast
  20 oz
• cooking oil
  2 tsp
• onion
  2
• paper towels
• ponzu sauce
  24 ml
• salt
  1 tsp
• scallions
  4
• tomato
  2
• tomato paste
  2 unit
• water
  4 c

🍳 Cookware

• large pot

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry produce. Halve, peel, and finely dice onion . Finely dice tomato . Trim and thinly slice scallions , separating whites from greens.

   onion: 2, tomato: 2, scallions: 4
2. 

   2

   Pat chopped chicken breast dry with paper towels and cut into 1-inch pieces if necessary. Season all over with salt and black pepper .

   chopped chicken breast: 20 oz, paper towels, salt: 1 tsp, black pepper: 1 tsp
3. 

   3

   Heat cooking oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and tender, ⏱️ 4 minutes .

   cooking oil: 2 tsp
4. 

   4

   Add chicken and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, ⏱️ 3 minutes (it’ll finish cooking in the next step).
5. 5

   Add tomato paste , diced tomato, scallion whites, Southwest Spice Blend , and Mexican Spice Blend . Cook, stirring, until fragrant and tomato paste has darkened, about ⏱️ 1 minute .

   tomato paste: 2 unit, Southwest Spice Blend: 2 tbsp, Mexican Spice Blend: 2 tbsp
6. 6

   Stir bulgur wheat , water (7 cups for 4 servings), chicken stock concentrate , and ponzu sauce into pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and cook until bulgur is tender, chicken is cooked through, and soup has thickened, ⏱️ 10 minutes . Taste and season with salt and pepper.

   bulgur wheat: 1 c, water: 4 c, chicken stock concentrate: 6 unit, ponzu sauce: 24 ml
7. 7

   Meanwhile, halve, pit, peel, and dice avocado . TIP: Wait until the last couple minutes of cooking to do this so the avocado doesn’t brown.

   avocado: 2
8. 8

   Divide soup between bowls. Top with avocado and scallion greens. Serve immediately.