![]() ![]() ![]() Yellow skin and pink flesh create a fragrantly savory stock. Mexico's chickens are perfectly suited to caldo de pollo. This beautiful chicken weighed approximately 5.5 pounds before cooking. The ingredients are easy to obtain, the broth all but cooks itself, and the final preparations are a snap. What better to warm us from the inside out than Mexico's traditional, rich, delicious caldo de pollo (chicken soup)? You who live in colder countries will love it as much as we do. In January, the weather gives us las cabañuelas, a few days of chilly drizzle said to predict the length and intensity of the summer rainy season. Nighttime temperatures here can drop nearly 30 degrees below the daytime highs. Daytime high temperatures in Morelia sometimes hover near 65☏, warm for you who live in northern climes but cold for us who have no heat source in our homes. Winter! Even in Mexico, the wind blows cold in the central highlands during late December and all of January. Clockwise from top right in the photo: unpeeled carrots, white onions, chiles serranos, garlic, fresh bay leaves, cilantro, and thyme. Seasoning ingredients for preparing the caldo (broth) for Mexican caldo de pollo (chicken soup).
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