Albuquerque Cream of Chicken Soup

Unlike last night's dinner, everyone liked this. In my freezer was the last bit of shredded Green Chile Chicken. I knew I wanted to make a soup with it because there is no lettuce in the house and it is cold today. So much for Spring Break, huh?

I threw together some of my favorite ingredients--my almost still new green chile powder, some frozen green chilies, some cream cheese and chicken broth. It turned out great. For my carby boys, in the green and blue bowls, I added some cooked rice. For the low carbers, just the soup with a sprinkling of Jack cheese.

If you don't have any green chile powder, you really need to order some. The taste is all in there! Here is where I got mine. I have been throwing it in everywhere. Just about slugged the husband when he dropped it in the floor, sending my precious green powder everywhere. I even made him sweep it up--I couldn't bear to scoop it all into the trash can. Now I think I already need to place another order.

If you don't already have green chili chicken shreds, like I did, then just use plain chicken and double the amount of spices.

Albuquerque Cream of Chicken Soup

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This was just right for our cloudy, cold weather. It is so hard to go back to cold drizzle after glorious sunshine! Somehow, though, a little chile pepper makes me warm all over.