Summer Recipes: Gazpacho with Lime Chicken

Posted by Jason in Featured, Recipes | 4 comments

Living in a 100+ year old apartment during Boston summers makes Natalie and I realize how we long to have central cooling and heat again.  Cooking in the kitchen in the summer is unbearable and pushes us to hunt for recipes that don’t require a lot of preparation on the stove or in the oven.

This amazing cold soup recipe is a great way of keeping your kitchen cool and more importantly, keeping YOU cool.

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Food Network’s Gazpacho with Lime Chicken

The Ingredients:

2 large tomatoes, diced
1 1/4 lbs Chicken cutlets (optional)
1 small cucumber, peeled, seeded and diced
1 bell pepper (any color), stemmed, seeded and diced
1 large shallot, minced 
Juice of 2 limes
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
1/2 cup large-cut croutons
1/4 cup roughly chopped fresh cilantro

The Preparation

1) Preheat the oven to 350º F for the second half of the chicken preparation.

2) Mix 1 tablespoon lime juice, 2 tablespoons olive oil, and salt and pepper to taste in a shallow dish; add the chicken and turn to coat.  Place chicken into pan, place leftover marinade/coating into pan.

3)Brown both sides of the chicken on the stovetop, then cover pan (foil, oven-safe lid, etc.) and place into the oven for 15 minutes or until cooked through.

4) While the chicken is in the oven, crush all the croutons and soak half of them in 1/4 cup of water for 5 minutes.  Squeeze out excess water and then place into blender.  Add the minced shallot as well as half of the diced tomatoes, cucumber and bell pepper.  Begin blending, then add in the remaining 3 tablespoons of olive oil.

5) Add 2 cups of ice to blender and blend until smooth, stirring in half of the cilantro and the remaining lime juice; season with salt and pepper.  When the chicken is done, remove it and cut it into bite sized strips or cubes.

6) Divide soup into bowls, top with chicken, remaining cilantro, croutons and vegetables.

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The Result

Gazpacho with Lime Chicken, CookEatClick.com