Heavenly Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipes

HEAVENLY CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large nonstick pot, add olive oil, onions, and garlic. Sauté for 1 minute.
• Add chopped tortillas, tomato paste, smoked paprika, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, and black pepper, to taste. Sauté for 2 minutes.
• Stir in chicken broth and tomatoes. Bring up to a boil, turn down heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add hominy, beans, chicken, and fresh-squeezed lime juice. Mix well. Cook 10 minutes more.
• Top with some crushed tortilla chips, if desired.

CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat a pan with 1/4 cup oil over medium-high heat. Cut tortillas into thin strips and fry them in batches in the hot oil until crisp. Remove from the pan and allow them to drain on a paper towel. Repeat with remaining tortilla strips, adding more oil as needed then set aside.
• Preheat a pot with oil over medium-high heat. Add chopped onion, garlic and chopped jalapeño and sauté until veggies soften.
• Add whole chicken, corn, beans, chilli powder, cumin, crushed tomatoes, salt, ¼ cup of cilantro and chicken broth. Bring to a boil and let simmer for at least 25 minutes.
• Remove chicken from the pot and shred it using 2 forks. Add shredded chicken back to the soup and simmer another 5 minutes then add lime juice.
• Serve the soup with some tortilla strips, pieces of avocado, fresh cilantro and lime wedges.