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Friday, January 5, 2018

Healthy Friday

While much of the country is in a deep freeze and many are in need of a warm up 

so how about a big bowl of  Chicken Tortilla Soup? 
This Mexican soup is a fairly recent incarnation. The soup is named for the fried corn tortilla strips used. It can usually be found on Mexican and Tex-Mex menus. Toppings for the soup include sour cream, avocado, cilantro and homemade tortilla chips.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Cook's notes: The soup turns up the heat with a bit of a kick to it with loads of Mexican flavor using Mexican salsa, cumin and chili powder. Using a rotisserie chicken is a time saver. Prepared tortilla chips can be substituted over making your own.  

Ingredients:
  • 4 cups cooked chicken, shredded
  • 1 can Rotel tomatoes with green chiles with juice
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 1/2 cup each mini sweet red and yellow peppers 
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced 
  • 1-1/2 cups water
  • 32 oz. low sodium chicken broth 
  • 1 (7.76 oz.) Mexican salsa
  • 1/4 tsp.each cumin and chili powder 
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • 3/4 tsp.sugar
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 cups frozen corn
  • 1/2 can black beans drained and rinsed
  • 1 TB. lime juice
  • 1 TB.fresh cilantro,minced
Directions:
  • In a large soup pot saute onions and peppers in 1 TB olive oil for 3 minutes. Add in garlic and saute 2 minutes more. 
  • Add in rest of ingredients except lime juice and cilantro. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook 45 minutes. Add lime juice and remove bay leaf before serving. Garnish with cilantro. 
Optional Homemade Corn Tortillas Strips
Ingredients:

  • 7 small corn tortillas
  • vegetable oil
Directions:
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • Lightly brush both sides of tortillas with oil.
  • Cut into strips and place on a cookie sheet.
  • Bake until crisp about 10 minutes.
  • To serve, sprinkle tortilla strips over soup. 

"Worries go down better with soup"

Jewish proverb


1 comment:

  1. I'd definitely be down for some hot soup right now! It's been so cold lately!

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