Chicken Soup With Avocado And Crispy Tortilla Strips Food

CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP WITH CRISPY TORTILLA STRIPS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onion, garlic, a pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper and cook until very tender and browned in spots, about 6 minutes. Add the coriander and cumin and cook until the spices have toasted slightly and become fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Add 1 cup of the chicken broth, then scrape any browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Remove from the heat and let it cool for 5 minutes or so, then transfer it to a blender. Add the tomatoes, chipotle, the torn tortillas, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper. Put the lid on, leaving one corner open. Cover the lid with a kitchen towel to catch splatters, and pulse until smooth, about 1 minute.
• Pour the soup back into the pot and stir in the remaining 3 cups chicken broth, 2 cups water and the shredded chicken. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce to medium-low and gently simmer until the chicken is very tender and the soup has thickened slightly, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, pour oil into a large heavy-bottomed pot to a depth of 2 inches. Place over medium heat and heat to 365 degrees F. Add the tortilla strips, in two batches, and fry until golden brown and crisp, about 1 minute. Drain on a paper-towel-lined baking sheet and sprinkle with salt.
• Add the lime juice to the soup, then season with salt and pepper. Ladle into soup bowls, top with the crispy tortilla strips, reserved diced onion, cilantro, avocado and queso fresco. Serve with remaining lime wedges.

CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP WITH AVOCADO

Steps:

• Saute the chicken breasts on both sides in a skillet until cooked. Let the chicken cool and then shred it.
• Pour the olive oil into a large soup pot and saute the onion for a few minutes.
• Stir in the garlic, chicken, corn, green chilies, cilantro, cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper, and cook for a few minutes.
• Stir in the broth, tomatoes, bay leaf and lime juice. Bring the soup to a boil and simmer on low for 30 minutes.
• Prepare tortilla strips while the soup is cooking. Older tortillas will dry out more quickly and remain crisper in the soup. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly spray or brush both sides of the tortillas with vegetable oil. Slice them into thin strips. Spread the strips across a cookie sheet, and bake them for about 10 minutes until they're all crispy, stirring halfway through cooking time.
• Serve the soup in bowls, discarding the bay leaf. Peel, pit and chop the avocado, and sprinkle it into the soup along with the tortilla strips and cheese. Alternatively, place the tortilla strips in the bowl first and serve the soup over them.
• TIPS & WARNINGS: If you have only fresh tortillas, you may need to bake them in the oven longer. Alternatively, you can deep fry both older tortilla strips and fresh tortillas strips that have been dried out in the oven. Drain the fried strips on paper towels before adding to the soup.

CHICKEN SOUP WITH AVOCADO AND CRISPY TORTILLA STRIPS

Steps:

• Coarsely chop onion and garlic. Wearing rubber gloves, finely chop jalapeño. Chop cilantro. Remove and discard skin from chicken.
• In a 3-quart saucepan cook chicken with onion, garlic, jalapeño, 1 tablespoon cilantro, broth, and water at a bare simmer until just cooked through, about 15 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to a cutting board with tongs and, when cool enough to handle, shred meat, discarding bones. Pour broth mixture through a fine sieve into a bowl and return to cleaned pan.
• Halve tortillas and cut crosswise into 1/8-inch-wide strips. In an 8-inch skillet heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and, working in 3 batches, fry tortilla strips, stirring gently, until golden. With tongs transfer strips as fried to paper towels to drain.
• Halve, pit, and peel avocados and cut flesh into 1/2-inch cubes. Add chicken to broth and heat over moderate heat until hot. Add remaining cilantro, avocado, lime juice, and salt to taste.
• Serve soup garnished with tortilla strips.

CHICKEN & CRISPY TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Tortilla Strips:.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Spread tortilla strips on rimmed baking sheet;drizzle with oil and toss until evenly coated.
• Place in oven, rotating pan and shaking after 7 minutes.
• Bake until strips are deep golden brown and crip.
• Transfer chips to paper towels to drain and season with salt.
• SOUP:.
• In large sauce pan bring chicken, broth, 1/3 of quartered onions, 2 garlic cloves, cilantro and 1/2 teaspoon salt to boil over medium-heat; reduce heat and simmer until chicken is cooked, about 20 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to plate.
• Strain broth through fine-mesh strainer, discard solids in strainer.
• When cool enough to handle, shred chicken into bite-size pieces.
• Puree tomatoes, remaining onions, remaining garlic cloves, chipotle chile, and 1 teaspoon adobe sauce in food processor until smooth.
• Heat oil in dutch oven.
• Add puree and 1/8 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring frequently, until mixture has darkened in color, about 10 minutes.
• Stir strained broth into tomato mixture.
• Add poblano pepper, red peppers, zucchini and remaining quartered onions.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer to blend flavors, for about 15-20 minutes.
• Taste test.If desired add up to 2 teaspoons additional adobe sauce.
• Add shredded chicken and simmer until heated.
• To serve, place portions of tortilla strips in bowl and ladle soup.
• Pass garnishes separately.

CHICKEN TORTILLA AVOCADO SOUP

Steps:

• Mix broth, garlic, onion, chili powder, adobo seasoning and can of diced tomatoes and chiles in large soup pot.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes for flavors to blend.
• Add carrots, celery, chicken and rice and cook 30 minutes more, or until rice is tender.
• In individual heat-proof bowls, place two tortillas cut into strips.
• Ladle soup over the tortillas and sprinkle with 1/2 cup cheese.
• Place under broiler until cheese melts.
• Remove from oven, top with 1/2 sliced avocado and serve immediately.