Chicken Tortilla Soup - Restaurant Style

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- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 2 uncooked chicken breasts, cut into small bite sized pieces
- 1 small onion, finely chopped (about 1/2 cup)
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 (4 ounce) cans of mild fire-roasted green chilies
- 1 (30 ounce) can refried beans
- 30 ounces chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon southwest seasoning
- 1⁄2 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
- 2 low-carb tortillas
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 4 tablespoons low-fat sour cream (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup sharp cheddar cheese, divided (optional)
- salt
- cilantro leaf (to garnish)
directions
- Heat 1 Tablespoon of olive oil in a large soup pot over medium heat and cook diced chicken pieces for 5 minutes, stirring often so they don't get brown - remove chicken and set aside.
- Heat 1 Tablespoon of olive oil in the same large soup pot over medium heat and add onion cook for 1 minute stirring often.
- Press 2 cloves of garlic into the pot over the onions and cook for another minute - continue stirring so the onions and garlic do not brown.
- Add the two cans of green chilies and cook for another minute.
- Add the cooked chicken, refried beans and broth (I buy broth by the carton and measure the broth by filling the empty refried bean can) - blend this mixture well.
- Add 1 Tablespoon of southwest seasoning and 1/2 cup of shredded sharp cheddar cheese (or your favorite) - simmer soup on medium low heat until heated through. At this point the soup is ready, but if you simmer on low heat for another 15 - 30 minutes it will give the seasoning a chance to blend well.
- While the soup is simmering preheat oven to 350 and cut the tortillas into very thin strips using a pizza cutter - when watching carbs I use 1/2 tortilla per person.
- Place tortilla strips 2 teaspoons of olive oil and 4 pinches of salt in a ziplock bag and shake well.
- Spread into 1 layer on cookie sheet spayed with oil (make the strips in shapes rather than all of them be completely flat) and bake for 5 - 7 minutes. (I have also toasted these in a large frying pan if you prefer method).
- This recipe makes four hearty 2 1/2 cup portions - Ladle soup into bowls, garnish each bowl with tortilla strips, 1/8 cup of shredded cheese, a dollop of sour cream and a few cilantro leaves. (Serving Idea: I have also served this soup with cheese quesadillas).
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