Green chili chicken tortilla soup
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 12
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 57.4
- Total Fat: 0.7 g
- Cholesterol: 3.4 mg
- Sodium: 206.1 mg
- Total Carbs: 10.1 g
- Dietary Fiber: 1.3 g
- Protein: 2.8 g
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Introduction
This soup is very versatile you can adapt it to your personal taset by adding more or less peppers according to how spicy you like your food.Also depending on how thick you like it you can add more or less tortillas. In the past I have also added corn to it and it gives it an extra layer of flavor and crunch. ONCE SERVED YOU CAN GARNISH WITH SHREDDED CHEESE AND OR CHOPPED CILANTRO. This soup is very versatile you can adapt it to your personal taset by adding more or less peppers according to how spicy you like your food.Also depending on how thick you like it you can add more or less tortillas. In the past I have also added corn to it and it gives it an extra layer of flavor and crunch. ONCE SERVED YOU CAN GARNISH WITH SHREDDED CHEESE AND OR CHOPPED CILANTRO.Number of Servings: 12
Ingredients
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1 Chicken Breast, no skin,
3 anaheim pepper
.5 large raw Onion
2 Roma/Plum tomatoes
5 cloves of garlic
10 c of water
8 Corn Tortillas, medium (approx 6" dia)
4 tsp. Knorr Chicken Bouillon
Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
1. In large pot ad raw chicken breast, peppers, onion, tomatoes, garlic, bouillon and black pepper. Cook until chicken is cooked through.
2.Once chicken is cooked remove it from pot and set aside to cool.
3. Remove peppers,onion,galic and tomatoes and put in a blender adding some of the cooking liquid and blend until smooth. Add this bak into pot with the rest of the liquid.
4.Again using the blender take 4 tortillas tear them up and blend with some of the liquid and add back into pot. This will thicken the soup adjust the thickness by blending less or more tortillas.
5.Once everything is blended heat everything in pot and simmer.
6. Once chicken is cool enough to handle remove the bones and shredd. once shredded add to soup. Let it simmer a little longer and.
7. check seasoning add more salt and/or pepper as needed
7. Cut the remaining 4 tortillas and fry them in a pan or coat them with a little oil and bake them until crispy.
8. Serve hot, garnish with crispy tortilla strips, shredded cheese and chopped cilantro.
* this recipe makes 12, 8oz servings
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MAGALI0328.
2.Once chicken is cooked remove it from pot and set aside to cool.
3. Remove peppers,onion,galic and tomatoes and put in a blender adding some of the cooking liquid and blend until smooth. Add this bak into pot with the rest of the liquid.
4.Again using the blender take 4 tortillas tear them up and blend with some of the liquid and add back into pot. This will thicken the soup adjust the thickness by blending less or more tortillas.
5.Once everything is blended heat everything in pot and simmer.
6. Once chicken is cool enough to handle remove the bones and shredd. once shredded add to soup. Let it simmer a little longer and.
7. check seasoning add more salt and/or pepper as needed
7. Cut the remaining 4 tortillas and fry them in a pan or coat them with a little oil and bake them until crispy.
8. Serve hot, garnish with crispy tortilla strips, shredded cheese and chopped cilantro.
* this recipe makes 12, 8oz servings
Number of Servings: 12
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MAGALI0328.