Chicken Tortilla Soup Similar To Houstons Food

CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP (SIMILAR TO HOUSTON'S)

Steps:

• Saute carrots, celery, onions, salt, pepper, and garlic powder in oil until tender.
• Add chicken broth and bring to a boil.
• Stir in the tomatoes, Ro-tel tomatoes, taco seasoning, and chicken.
• Cut soft tortillas into small pieces and add to the broth mixture (My suggestion is to start with 6-8 tortillas and add more if you would like thicker soup).
• Let boil for 20 minutes or until tortillas are incorparated into the soup.
• Stir occasionally to keep the soup from sticking as it thickens.
• Reduce heat and add 6 oz cheese.
• Simmer for additional 10 minutes.
• Add milk and simmer for another 10 minutes.
• Serve with shredded cheese and corn tortilla chips on top.

CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Start by mixing together the cumin, 1 teaspoon of the chilli powder, the garlic powder and salt. Drizzle the chicken breasts with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Then sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of the spice mixture. Set the rest of the spice mixture aside. Bake until the chicken is cooked all the way through, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove it from the oven. Cut the chicken into cubes and set aside.
• Next, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Throw in the onions, green and red bell peppers and garlic. Throw in a tablespoon of the spice mixture used to season the chicken. Add a little extra chilli powder (about 1/4 teaspoon) for heat. Stir to cook the vegetables until they begin to turn golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add the cubed chicken and diced tomatoes, juice and all. Add the chicken broth, hot water and tomato paste. Stir to combine and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to low. Add the drained black beans. Next, mix together the cornmeal with 1/2 cup water. Add the mixture to the pot, and then simmer the soup for 10 to 15 minutes. Give it a taste and add salt or seasonings as needed; be sure to not under salt it!
• Cut the tortillas into uniform 2- to 3-inch strips. Stir most of them into the soup just before serving. This is what makes tortilla soup tortilla soup! Turn off the heat and get ready to serve it up. Ladle the soup into a bowl, then add avocado, red onion, sour cream, cilantro and extra tortilla strips to the top. The more toppings on tortilla soup, the merrier.

CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Cut 2 tortillas into strips; toss with 1/2 tsp. oil. Spread onto rimmed baking sheet. Bake 10 to 12 min. or until crisp, stirring occasionally.
• Meanwhile, finely chop remaining tortillas. Heat remaining oil in large saucepan on medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook and stir 5 min. Add chopped tortillas, broth, salsa and corn. Bring to boil; simmer on medium-low heat 15 min.
• Serve topped with cheese and tortilla strips.

CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP II

Steps:

• Saute carrots, onions, celery in corn oil, garlic, salt and pepper until tender.
• Add chicken broth and bring to boil.
• Add tomatoes, Rotel, taco seasoning, and chicken.
• Cut Tortillas into small pieces and add to broth mixture.
• Let boil for 45 minutes or until tortillas are thoroughly incorporated into soup stirring occasionally to keep from sticking.
• Reduce heat and add 8 oz. cheese. Simmer for additional 10 minutes.
• Add milk and simmer for additional 10 minutes.
• If thicker soup is desired, add more diced tortillas and let incorporate into soup.
• Garnish with shredded cheese and broken tortilla chips.
• Substitutions: 1 cup Masa Harina (Masa Flour) for 1 10 ct. package of corn tortillas.
• Mix masa with 1 cup cold water, then add masa flour mix into soup. If thicker soup is desired, add more masa/water mix.
• If you don't want to use the seasoning packet, substitute 1/2 teaspoons cumin + 1 tsp, chili powder.
• You can also use grilled chicken fajita meat for poached diced chicken.
• NOTE: If you use FLOUR tortillas, as some people have, you WILL end up with a "TORTILLA MESS", this recipe is for CORN tortillas. Don't go blaming me and giving me a bad review because you used the wrong stuff.