Lime chicken soup at Janik’s Cafe

The heartiest soups are often the heaviest. If you want to warm up without feeling weighed down, you’re in a predicament. At Janik’s Cafe, find a solution for such a problem: lime chicken soup ($5), a recipe based on the classic chicken-and-rice combination. Maybe it’s the pleasant crunch of the tortilla strips, or the cilantro, or the way the rice and garbanzo beans are brightened by the vibrant acidity of freshly squeezed lime juice, but this soup pulls off a rare feat: It’s hefty enough to fill you up, yet light at the same time. Ten years ago, owner Felippa Janik said, one of her cooks accidentally replaced the chicken for the chicken-and-rice soup with some lime-marinated poultry intended for another dish. Before tossing an entire batch of soup, Janik wanted to try it for herself — and when she did, she knew it was something good. Nearly a decade later, on the menu it remains.

2011 W. Division St., 773-276-7930, www.janikscafe.com

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