{"id":1112,"date":"2016-01-04T19:32:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T19:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/?p=1112"},"modified":"2016-01-12T17:04:29","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T17:04:29","slug":"mexicali-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/mexicali-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexicali Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a filling soup with flavours of Mexico and the Southwest.\u00a0 Corn flour can be found as masa harina or maseca at the grocery store.\u00a0 We use corn masa (Maseca) for corn tortillas so we have it on hand but you could crush up some corn chips and add them when you add the chicken stock.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode-ingredients\"><h3>Ingredients<\/h3><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 tbls olive oil<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 medium onions, diced<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 cup cilantro stocks chopped<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">3 cloves garlic, crushed<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 28oz can of tomatoes<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 19oz can black beans, drained and divided into 2 equal measures<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 tbls olive oil<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">2 tbls corn flour<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 teas ground cumin<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 teas coriander<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/8 teas cayenne (optional)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">5 cups chicken stock<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 carrot, diced<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 cup frozen corn<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 cup cooked rice<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">salt &amp; pepper to taste<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 teas sugar (optional)<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1\/2 cup cilantro, chopped<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 ripe avocado, peeled and diced<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 cup monterey jack cheese<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">1 lime, juiced<\/li>\n<li class=\"ingredient\">corn chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"shortcode-directions instructions\"><h3>Directions<\/h3><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Heat 2 tbls of oil in a large pot over medium heat and saute onions and cilantro stocks adding the garlic for the last minute of cooking.\u00a0 Transfer to a food processor adding the can of tomatoes and one portion of the black beans.\u00a0 Process until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Heat another 2 tbls of oil in the large pot over medium-low heat.\u00a0 Add the contents of the food processor along with the corn flour, cumin, coriander\u00a0 and cayenne stirring until thickened.<\/li>\n<li>Add the chicken stock, carrots and corn.\u00a0 Bring to a boil and simmer until carrots and corn are done.<\/li>\n<li>Add the other portion of black beans and the rice and simmer a few minutes longer.\u00a0 Season with salt and pepper to taste.<\/li>\n<li>Ladle into bowls and garnish with chopped cilantro, avocado, cheese and lime juice.\u00a0 Serve with corn chips which can be crushed into the soup as you would do with crackers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><\/div>\n\n<p>This soup can have a couple of boneless, skinless chicken breasts added along with the carrots and corn if you desire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a filling soup with flavours of Mexico and the Southwest.\u00a0 Corn flour can be found as masa harina or maseca at the grocery store.\u00a0 We use corn masa (Maseca) for corn tortillas so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":1114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,303,88,290,72],"tags":[154,354,107],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1112"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1120,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions\/1120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ravenview.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}