Spicy Chicken Rice Soup

Bayhill's Note:

A quick and delicious soup that you can have on the table in under a half hour. To make this into Chicken Tortilla Soup, leave out the rice and add 1/2 - 3/4 cup finely crushed corn tortilla chips.

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 3 (14 ½ ounce) cans chicken broth
• 3 cups cooked rice
• 2 (6 ounce) packages southwestern chicken strips , fully cooked and diced
• 1 (16 ounce) can V8 vegetable juice
• 1 (15 ¼ ounce) can whole kernel corn , undrained
• 1 ½ cups salsa
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies , undrained
• ½ cup chopped green onion
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro

TOPPINGS

• shredded 4-cheese Mexican blend cheese
• additional chopped green onion
• additional minced fresh cilantro
• coarsely crushed tortilla chips

Directions:

1. In a large pot, combine first 9 ingredients. Bring to boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until heated through.
2. Garnish with toppings.

Reviews

[loof]

Quick, easy, delicious, and made with stuff I always have on hand - what more could you want? I left out the onion (don't care for it) and didn't use any garnish. I used brown rice and this hearty soup was on the table in minutes - thanks for posting the recipe!

[Sherrybeth]

Congrats on your 2010 Football pool win!!! I made this last night and it was SO easy to put together and the flavor was awesome. I don't usually like very spicy stuff but I really enjoyed this made with the tortilla chips. It was a big hit at my house!

[Houseblend]

I can't think of one single thing wrong with this recipe! Tasty! Spicy! Warm! Chunky! Healthy! Bayhill, recipes like this give people like me a way to eat at home in a healthy, yet tasty way. V8 is a bit pricey here, so I used one large can of crushed tomatoes instead and left out one can of broth, which was a mistake since the rice soaked up a lot of the liquid. Used homemade salsa. I threw all the ingredients in the crockpot all day on low, then tossed in the rice just before serving...this is one heck of a keeper!