December 29th, 2010
Tortilla Soup, Recipe, Quick, Easy, One Dish Meal
Still with no oven, probably for a couple more days; I am turning to soups. I love them all. No barbecuing in the past few days. No way; it has been bitter cold.
Soups are simply satisfying one dish meals. In the summer I make gazpacho, vichyssoise, or a fruit soup. But during the winter the chowders, bean soups, onion soups are the ones that warm you up in a very special way.
I have made a different type of tortilla soup before; tonight’s tortilla soup is just that; Tortilla Soup. I hope you try it because I think you will find that it is so easy to prepare; probably the ingredients are in your kitchen already.
Tortilla Soup
8 1/2 cups of chicken broth (I used organic low sodium)
1 (14 1/2-ounce) can Cajun-style stewed tomatoes. I could not find any so I used the Italian style ones.
4 or 5 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
2 garlic cloves, pressed
2 teaspoons chili powder (more if you want to)
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
2 cups chopped cooked chicken ( I bought chicken tenders and sauteed them in a frying pan)
1 can of corn, drained
2 cans of black beans, drained
1 small can of chopped green chiles
4 tablespoons half and half
2 cups shredded Chipotle Cheddar Cheese (I bought the Cabot brand and shredded it myself)
Tortilla Chips (I bought blue corn tortilla chips)
It might look like a long list but you will see how easily it is all assembled.
The first thing to do is to get a large soup pot and bring the first 7 ingredients to a boiling point.
Reduce heat.
If you have not yet cooked the chicken then quickly sautee in a frying pan with a little bit of oil and a pat of butter, and cut to bite size pieces.
If you had your chicken already cooked then add it with the rest of the ingredients, using just 1 cup of the cheese (the other cup for garnish), and hold the tortilla chips for garnish, as well.
Make sure the soup is nice and hot; serve it garnished with crumbled tortilla chips and cheese.
Serves about 6 people.
Hope you like it. Remember to make it your own by adding a little more of this or a little less of that.
Talk to you later….
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This should warm me up on a chilly winter evening! Thanks for sharing your recipe, it sounds amazing 🙂 Thank you from our farm family owners for using Cabot cheese!
~Jacquelyn
I will definitely try this one!
Wow that was odd. I just wrote an extremely long comment
but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t show up. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all
that over again. Regardless, just wanted to say great blog!