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Chicken Tortilla Soup
This Chicken Tortilla Soup starts with onions, bell pepper, and corn tortillas simmered in chicken stock and blended with spices like cumin and chili powder.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 510 kcal
Course:
Main Course , Soup , Others
Cuisine:
Mexican
Ingredients
Soup:
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 medium yellow onions roughly chopped (about 2½ cups)
- 4 cloves garlic coarsely chopped
- 1 green or red bell pepper deseeded and roughly chopped
- 6 (6-inch) corn tortillas, cut into small pieces (about 1¼ cups), see note
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 8 cups low sodium chicken stock or broth
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- 1/8 /8 teaspoon cayenne pepper or hot sauce (optional)
- 3 cups rotisserie chicken shredded
Garnish:
- Crushed corn tortilla chips or crispy corn tortilla strips
- sour cream
- Handful chopped fresh cilantro
- 2 avocados diced
- lime
Instructions
- Heat olive oil and butter in large pot over medium heat. Add onions, garlic and green pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and just starting to brown, about 10-15 minutes.
- Add cut corn tortillas, chili powder and cumin; continue to cook, stirring occasionally, a few minutes more. Add chicken stock, salt and cayenne pepper (if adding) and bring to a boil. Turn heat down to low and simmer for about 20 minutes.
- Remove the soup from the heat and puree until completely smooth. An immersion blender is easiest for this or blend in batches in your blender. Stir in chicken, then ladle soup into bowls and garnish. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge.
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Notes
- If you blend yellow corn tortillas with a green bell pepper it can be a brownish color. Still tastes great though. For a more optimal color use white corn tortillas and a red bell pepper.
- Source: my friend Rachel Quinton
- Nutritional Values are calculated with no toppings.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1/6 of the recipe
Calories
510kcal
(26%)
Carbohydrates
18g
(6%)
Protein
42g
(84%)
Fat
31g
(48%)
Saturated Fat
10g
(50%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
11g
Trans Fat
0.3g
Cholesterol
143mg
(48%)
Sodium
1466mg
(61%)
Potassium
475mg
(14%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
8g
(16%)
Vitamin A
1075IU
(22%)
Vitamin C
29mg
(32%)
Calcium
38mg
(4%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 510
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1/6 of the recipe | |
| Calories | 510kcal | 26% |
| Carbohydrates | 18g | 6% |
| Protein | 42g | 84% |
| Fat | 31g | 48% |
| Saturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Trans Fat | 0.3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 143mg | 48% |
| Sodium | 1466mg | 61% |
| Potassium | 475mg | 10% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 1075IU | 22% |
| Vitamin C | 29mg | 32% |
| Calcium | 38mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.