Santa Fe-Tastic Chicken Tortilla Soup
photo by amandabliedung
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 22
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- vegetable oil, plus
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 ears corn on the cob
- 1 red bell pepper, split and seeded
- 1 lb chicken breast tenders
- 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning, 1/3 palm full
- 1 teaspoon cumin, 1/3 palm full
- salt and pepper
- 1 medium zucchini, small dice
- 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 -2 chipotle chile in adobo, chopped (medium to hot heat level)
- 1 (28 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 4 cups blue corn tortilla chips, broken up into large pieces
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese or 1 cup monterey jack pepper cheese
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
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Optional garnishes
- 1⁄4 raw red onion, chopped
- 2 -3 tablespoons chopped cilantro or 2 -3 tablespoons fresh parsley leaves
- 1 ripe avocado, diced and dressed with
- 1⁄2 lemon, juice of
directions
- Heat a grill pan to high and a soup pot to medium high.
- Drizzle oil on corn and place on grill. Add red pepper to grill with corn. Char vegetables 10 minutes, total, turning occasionally. Remove to cool, 5 minutes.
- Remove charred skin from the pepper.
- While vegetables cook, dice chicken. Add 2 tablespoons oil to hot soup pot. Add chicken to pot. Season with poultry seasoning, cumin, salt and pepper. Lightly brown chicken on each side. Add zucchini, onions and garlic and chipotle peppers. Cook vegetables with chicken 5 to 7 minutes to soften. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce and stock.
- Bring soup to a bubble, reduce heat to medium low.
- Scrape corn off cob and add to soup.
- Chop grilled red pepper and stir into soup.
- Can simmer for about an hour or serve right away. This just gets better with time.
- Add chips to soup in handfuls and stir.
- Serve soup immediately with scatter of shredded cheese and a dollop of sour cream.
- Top with any or all of the suggested garnishes. Best with big chunks of avacado.
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Reviews
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Very tasty! I used 5 corn tortillas torn into small pieces instead of the tortilla chips. The soft corn tortillas dissolve while simmering to make a nicely thickened soup. This saved some calories and a lot of sodium, which is good because the chicken broth and canned tomatoes add plenty of salt. Two chipotles made for a very spicy soup so next time I'll go with just one. Also, frozen corn worked out fine.
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This is wonderful! Flavors are a nice blend. Used frozen corn instead of corn on cob. Cooked chipolte peppers, corn, and red peppers on grill in a grill mate pan. We love garlic so added 2 tsp and sauteed with pre-pkgd chicken breast cubes and other ingrediants. Garnish with avocado slices, shredded monterey pepper jack cheese, and a dollop of sour cream. Yum! This one's a keeper - thanks!.
Tweaks
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This is wonderful! Flavors are a nice blend. Used frozen corn instead of corn on cob. Cooked chipolte peppers, corn, and red peppers on grill in a grill mate pan. We love garlic so added 2 tsp and sauteed with pre-pkgd chicken breast cubes and other ingrediants. Garnish with avocado slices, shredded monterey pepper jack cheese, and a dollop of sour cream. Yum! This one's a keeper - thanks!.
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I am a newly wed and absolutely loving married life, especially cooking for my husband and our friends and families. Right now it's just the two of us and our lab, Hunter (who is spoiled completely rotten). I also enjoy gardening, we have a great little veggie garden. Space is limited so we can only plant our favorites; right now we have tomatoes, okra and herbs. I am a full time accounting student and will finally graduate this fall. My summer project is to learn how to play golf. My favorite vacation destination that I have visited so far is Maui, Hawaii (honeymoon). My favorite sport is college football...GO SOONERS!!