Chicken Tortilla Soup
Chicken tortilla soup is a flavorful and comforting Mexican-inspired dish that combines tender chicken, zesty tomatoes, aromatic spices, and crispy tortilla strips.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 1 fresh poblano or 2 jalapeño peppers (stemmed, seeded, and chopped)
- 1 clove garlic minced
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- 3 ½ cups chicken broth
- 1 can fire-roasted diced tomatoes (14.5 ounce)
- 1 can tomato sauce (8 ounce)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 cups cooked chicken shredded
- 1 can black beans (15 ounce), rinsed and drained
- 1 cup frozen whole kernel corn
- 4 6- inch corn tortillas
- ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 lime cut into wedges
Instructions
- In a large stock pot or Dutch oven over medium to medium high heat, add the oil. When the oil is warm add the onion and peppers and cook until the onion is starting to get tender, about 5 minutes.
- Add the garlic and cumin and cook until just fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Stir in the broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, and oregano. Bring to a boil and reduce heat.
- Cover pot and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Stir in chicken, beans, and corn. Bring back to a simmer
- While pot is simmering, preheat oven to 375℉.
- Cut tortillas in half. Cut halves into ½-inch-wide strips. Spray the strips lightly with cooking oil spray, toss and spray again, lightly salt.
- Place strips on a baking sheet. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until crisp.
- Serve soup with tortilla strips and fresh cilantro on top with fresh lime juice squeezed in.
Notes
- This is a great way to use part of a leftover rotisserie chicken or a whole chicken you baked.
- If you don’t have cooked chicken on hand, you can cook chopped raw chicken (about 1 to 1.5 pounds) with the onions and peppers in the recipe and just let it simmer in the soup.
- If you want to make this a creamy tortilla soup add 1 cup or cream just before serving.
- This recipe is also great with sour cream or cheese on top just before serving.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 of 6 servings | Calories: 192kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 597mg | Potassium: 264mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 180IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 37mg | Iron: 1mg
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