Chicken Tortilla Soup
Good evening! I hope you all are inside safe and sound out of this horrid weather, sipping on a mug of hot cocoa in front of a warm fireplace!!! I have a special recipe to share with you guys tonight. It is my mom’s Chicken Tortilla Soup. (The same lady that’s Chili Con Queso recipe is so popular!) I know y’all are gonna love it!
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Ingredients
4 Chicken Breast
4 Carrots, cut about 1/2 inch thick
5 TBSP Olive Oil
12 Celery Stalks, cut about 1/2 inch thick
3 Large Onions, diced, about the same size as the celery
2 packets of your favorite Taco Seasoning, (added separately)
2 cans Rotel, undrained (My mom uses original, we use mild, whichever your heat preference)
2 TBSP Cumin
2 tsp dried Cilantro
5 cups of Chicken Broth
1/2 tsp Salt
For Topping
Fried Tortilla Strips (recipe below)
Shredded cheddar cheese
Sour Cream
Directions
Add the chicken breast and sliced carrots to a large Soup pot or dutch oven. Cover with water a few inches above the top of the chicken and add 1 packet of taco seasoning to the water. Bring to a boil and simmer, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile in a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium high heat and add the celery. Cook until the celery is almost tender then add the onions. After the onions and celery are completely tender, add both cans of rotel and the cumin and Cilantro to the celery and onion mixture. Let simmer for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, when the chicken is done, remove it from the soup pot to allow the chicken to cool. You can leave the carrots simmering in the soup pot. After the chicken is cool, shred it, and return it back to the soup pot.
After the onions and celery have simmered for 30 minutes, add them to the soup pot, along with the 5 cups of broth and the other packet of taco seasoning. Stir everything together and let simmer for 15 minutes. Serve topped with Fried Tortilla Strips, Cheese and Sour cream. Enjoy!!!!
Fried Tortilla Strips
Ingredients
12, 6 inch corn tortillas cut into strips
Veg oil
2 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp ground red pepper or cayenne
1/2 tsp garlic powder
salt to taste
Directions
Prepare seasoning first. Mix chili powder, cumin, red pepper, and garlic powder and salt to taste so it is ready to be sprinkled on your strips after frying. Heat 2 inches of Vegetable oil in a large frying pan over medium high heat until the oil reaches 350 degrees. Add tortilla strips and fry until crisp. Around 1 minute. Drain strips on a paper towel and add seasoning to each batch.
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