Chicken Tortilla Soup. In a medium stock pot, heat oil over medium heat. Saute onion and garlic in oil until soft. Stir in chili powder, oregano, tomatoes, broth, and water.
Once the onions have softened add the garlic and jalepenos and cook for another minute. Peel and discard charred skins from tomatoes; place tomatoes in a blender. Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. You can have Chicken Tortilla Soup using 22 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Prepare 4 of Chicken Leg Quarters.
- It's 12 cup of Water (just to fill a medium-large pot).
- Prepare 1 of Large Onion.
- It's 10 of Garlic Cloves (ruffly choped).
- It's of Cabbage (cut into strips) for toping.
- It's 1 3/4 of Avocado (cut into half slices) for topping.
- You need 1 bunch of Green Onion (choped or topping).
- Prepare 1 of Shreded Monetary Jack Cheese.
- You need 12 of Tortillas cut into strips (fried or backed into chips) or store bought tortilla strips.
- Prepare 1 cup of Sour Cream (avocado sour cream sauce).
- Prepare 1 can of El Pato Enchilada Sauce.
- You need 1 can of El Pato Tomato Hot Sauce.
- It's 2 can of Diced Tomatoes With Green Chillies.
- You need 1 cup of Lemon Juice.
- It's 1 tbsp of Oregano Powder.
- It's 1 tbsp of Chili Powder.
- Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp of Garlic Powder.
- You need of Salt And Peper.
- You need 1/4 of Avocado mashed (avocado sour cream sauce).
- You need 1 tbsp of Lemon Juice (avocado sour cream sauce).
- It's 1/2 tsp of Garlic Powder (avocado sour cream sauce).
- It's 1/4 of Onion (finely choped).
Add broth, tomatoes, chicken, and lime juice; stir to combine. Serve soup garnished with cheese and tortilla chips. When I see chicken tortilla soup on a restaurant menu, I get excited. There's something about the slightly spicy broth with tender chicken, the corn and black beans, juicy tomatoes, creamy avocado, and those addictively good tortilla strips on top that I can't resist.
Chicken Tortilla Soup instructions
- Fill large pot with water and boil leg quarters untill just cooked..
- Remove leg quarters but leave water and remove from heat. Let legs cool..
- While legs cool prep all ingredients that need cutting or mashing..
- Add garlic cloves, 3/4 of onion, oregano powder, chilli powder, garlic powder, lemon juice, all cans and salt and peper to water..
- Take all chicken off bones and dice.
- Add chicken back into soup. Let cook for about 20-30 minutes..
- Make sour avocado sour cream sauce. Mix all ingredients well..
- Put soup in bowl top with cheese, onions, cabbage, avocado sour cream sauce, sliced avocados,tortillas strips and green onion as garnish for color..
- Eat and ENJOY :).
It's made with crispy fried strips of corn tortillas in a tomato-based Mexican soup with chicken stock, chiles, avocado, Jack cheese, cilantro and lime. Photography Credit: Elise Bauer Chicken Tortilla Soup is one of my favorite comfort foods! Chicken breasts, corn, beans, and other delicious ingredients are simmered in a tomato base. Top this delicious soup with crispy homemade tortilla strips, avocado, lime, and cilantro for the perfect Mexican-inspired soup! Serve, topped with crushed tortilla chips if desired.