Tortilla Soup
A delightful, creamy, with a little kick tortilla soup. No using canned anything here! Easy soup to put together, with items on hand. Note: Chicken can be made ahead of time, or alongside of soup.
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 1tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1⁄2
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 2medium jalapeno peppers, chopped (seed if you don't want heat)
- 2teaspoons cumin
- 1 1⁄2teaspoons dried oregano
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 2cooked chicken breasts, chopped
- 2
- 1tablespoon lime juice
- 1
Crunchy Tortilla Topping
- 6
- 1tablespoon oil
- 1tablespoon sour cream
- 1
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DIRECTIONS
- Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a large soup pot.
- Add onion and cook until softened.
- Add garlic, cook 30 seconds.
- Add all chopped peppers cook until soft.
- Add cumin, oregano, red chili pepper, tomatoes.
- Add stock.
- Bring mixture to a simmer and cook 10 minutes.
- Puree the soup in blender.
- Add pureed soup back to soup pot.
- Add chopped chicken to mixture.
- Simmer this for 10 minutes.
- Add milk, and stir until heated through.
- Stir in the lime juice.
- Taste for seasoning, add salt as needed.
- Cut tortillas into 1/4 inch strips and fry them in 1 tablespoons of oil.
- To serve, ladle soup into 4 soup bowls.
- Top with tortilla strips, sour cream and cilantro.
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