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Sopa de Lima | Traditional Soup From Yucatán, Mexico | TasteAtlas
Sopa de Lima | Traditional Soup From Yucatán, Mexico | TasteAtlas

Sopa de lima

(Lime Soup)

A traditional dish from Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, sopa de lima is a spicy, flavorful chicken and tomato soup, contrary to its name that would make one think limes are the main ingredient in the dish. However, the soup is flavored with unique, bittersweet Yucatan limes and spicy habanero peppers.


Since native Yucatan limes are scattered throughout the peninsula, it is no wonder that they are incorporated in numerous recipes of Yucatecan cuisine. A hearty, healthy soup from a warm climate, sopa de lima is also great as a winter comfort food.


Although the origins of this soup are still a mystery, some food historians claim that it was most likely derived from an ancient Mayan dish.