This Mexican vegetable soup with lime and avocado recipe is easy, quick and healthy. Loaded with fresh vegetables, creamy avocado and a squeeze of lime.
This is one of our favorite vegetable soup recipes. Ready in under 30 minutes, the flavors taste fresh and light. Mexican Vegetable Soup with Lime and Avocado is excellent any weeknight and you can customize it to whatever vegetables you have on hand or what’s in season. But be sure to add the lime for a nice bright tang and the avocadoes add a creaminess that the whole family will love.
Great with a hearty loaf of bread or pair it with a huge salad. Versatile enough, you could also add shredded cooked chicken.
Mexican Vegetable Soup with Lime and Avocado
Servings 4 to 6
Calories 371
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon light olive oil
- 1 medium red onion, finely diced
- 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 carrots, cut into ¼-inch-rounds
- 8 ounces green beans, tipped and cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 medium russet potato, cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1 cup diced canned tomatoes, undrained
- 2 Tablespoons tomato paste
- 6 cups vegetable broth, or chicken stock
- ¼ cup cooked hominy
- 1 to 2 teaspoons minced chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, depending on heat you like
- 1 avocado, peeled and sliced
- cilantro leaves, for garnish
- 6 wedges lime
Instructions
- Heat 1 Tablespoon oil in a soup pot, add 1 diced red onion, 2 chopped garlic cloves, ½ teaspoon oregano, and ½ teaspoon salt, and cook over medium-low heat until the onion softens.
- Add 3 cut carrots, 8 ounces cut beans, 1 cubed potato, 1 cup diced tomatoes with juice and 2 tablespoons tomato paste; pour in 6 cups vegetable broth (or chicken stock) and bring to a simmer.
- After 30 minutes add ¼ cup hominy and then gradually stir in 1-2 teaspoons chipotle chilies to taste.
- Cook another 10 minutes; then taste for salt.
- Ladle the soup into bowls; garnish with 1 avocado and cilantro leaves. Serve the lime on the side.
Nutrition Facts
Mexican Vegetable Soup with Lime and Avocado
Amount Per Serving
Calories 371
Calories from Fat 144
% Daily Value*
Fat 16g25%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 10g
Cholesterol 11mg4%
Sodium 1063mg46%
Potassium 1269mg36%
Carbohydrates 47g16%
Fiber 9g38%
Sugar 15g17%
Protein 14g28%
Vitamin A 8582IU172%
Vitamin C 32mg39%
Calcium 105mg11%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Adapted from Sacramento Street
This was good and easy to make however it needed a little pepper or hot sauce.
Made this last night for our rainy day and it was perfect!
Thanks Katie! This is a great rainy day option. 🙂
I love this recipe! I have made it many. MANY times! I use fire roasted diced tomatoes and I use more hominy than it calls for. Serve this with some chips and chipotle salsa for an AMZING meal! Par with a Paloma and you are all set!!!!
Michele, I’m so glad you like this recipe! This is one of my first on the blog and my family has been loving it for years. Thanks for taking the time to comment!
This was a delicious soup. My husband is doing “Whole 30” and so I left the hominy out. I added some chunks of browned ground round so he could get some protein, fresh oregano (since I have it in the garden) instead of dried and put in some cilantro to cook as well as adding as a garnish. We both loved the soup.
Sally! Love the changes you made and I’m happy it worked for your husband’s Whole 30 meal plan. Thanks for taking the time to stop by. 🙂
I noticed that the picture for this soup has potato in it, but the recipe doesn’t call for any. Did you add any potato or not??
Hi Amanda, thanks for catching that. I forgot that I did add a potato for the time that I photographed the soup. And it is definitely tasty with it added. I just updated the recipe to reflect the addition.
Fantastic recipe! Just got through making it for my family and it was a real hit. Thank you SO much for sharing 🙂 Everyone agreed that this was a keeper..will be revisiting it again!
Brittni, Thanks for your post and I’m glad you like this recipe as much as I do. Have a happy New Year!
Brilliant recipe. I substituted hominy for some beans and such to make it into a complete protein rich meal. Definitely will be cooking this again.
Thanks so much!!
Sebastian, thank you for trying it. My husband is not a huge bean fan so I think I’ll make it your way next time.
I tried your Mexican vegetable soup recipe. It came out great. Thank you for posting it.
Aaron, Thank you for trying it and I’m glad you liked it! Thanks for letting me know. 🙂
I LOVE your blog! The pictures are A-mazing! Cant wait to try these recipes :} Thanks for sharing.