Delicious tortilla soup recipe. very impressive flavors that will have you making it again and again.
Check out what my friends at Group Recipes had to say about this slow cooker chicken tortilla soup:
We lived in Mexico and this is AS CLOSE TO AUTHENTIC as possible. I love “cheater” recipes like this. Open a few cans, dump it in, and wa-la!
I love them too! It’s so effortless and doesn’t lose any of the flavor. I also love that since it’s getting to be colder weather outside this is the perfect “warm me up” soup. There’s nothing like adding a dollop of sour cream, some cilantro, onion and tortilla strips and BAM you have Mexico in your mouth.
Ingredients
*salsa Fresca*
1.5 lb tomatoes – cored, seeded and cut into 1/2in chunks
1/4 cup white onion – finely chopped
1/4 cup cilantro – chopped
1 jalapeno pepper – seeded, deveined and finely chopped
3 Tbs lime juice – fresh
salt & pepper to taste
*Tortilla Soup*
1 sm white onion – chopped
1 tsp garlic – chopped
1/2 tsp McCormick oregano
4 peppercorns
2 Chitepin (aka. Chilipiquin) peppers
2 Tbs Bertolli olive oil
2 qts chicken stock – good quality
1 Bay Leaf
corn oil for frying
4 corn tortillas – cut into strips
1 Avacado – sliced thin
1/4 cup Kraft Monterey jack cheese
1 Lime – cut into 8 wedges
Instructions
*Salsa Fresca*
mix all the salsa ingredients together and let stand for atleast 30min before using.
puree 1.5 cups of the salsa, but not all.
*Soup*
in a large sauce pan, heat the oil and saute the onion until soft.
add the stock, garlic, bay leaf, oregano, peppercorns and Chilipiquin. simmer for 1 hr.
add the pureed salsa and mix briefly. remove from heat
season with salt/pepper to taste.
*Tortillas*
fill 2in of sauce pan with corn oil. heat to 375deg – if you drop a tortilla in there, it should sizzle.
fry tortillas until golden brown and crisp.
to serve, divide tortillas into wide soup bowls.
add 2-3 slices of avacado, a lime wedge and some grated cheese to each bowl.
pour in the hot soup. add a dollop of salsa and serve immediately.
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Quick Tip: You can make your soup extra spicy by keeping some chopped jalapeno on hand to add in.
Thank you to Group Recipes for this awesome recipe!
