Sopa De Chacales

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Muy Bueno Fiestas: 100+ Delicious Mexican Recipes for Celebrating the Year

By Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack

Published 2023

  • About

Le ponemos más agua al caldo, or “we add more water to the broth,” is a phrase popularly used by fiesta hosts. It means if someone wants to bring an extra guest along to a party, no worries. The cook will just add more water to the soup.

This recipe, which is for a very old-world Mexican dish that you are unlikely to find on a restaurant menu, adapts well to an expanding party guest list. It is similar in flavor to pozole rojo, with chacales, dried and split cor