pacanis, the cheddar will be fine in the soup, also the chicken. Yum!!!!
Girl, you ain't kiddin'!
OMG! This soup is great, even with my tweaking. Thank you for a great recipe, scoobagirl.
I went maybe a little heavy on the jalapenos, I had one big one and decided to use three little 'uns..... and yes, it was hot I only used the seeds and veins from 1/2 of the big one though.... Still very edible, once you had a spoon or three.
I used four cloves of garlic, too.
The smoked chicken was a godsend, as it mellowed things out. As was the cheddar. I pretty much pureed things with the stick blender, but wanted a few pieces to go with the chicken.
And some crushed tortilla chips on top.
Fantastic recipe. Thanks again
And yes..... I could have added a sprig of this or some chopped that, maybe gone outside to get a pine branch and layed it across the bowl, having no intentions of eating the garnish, but that wouldn't be me, would it?