Tortilla Soup

Name: Tortilla Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 3 guajillo chiles (stemmed and seeded); 1 pound ripe tomatoes; 1 clove garlic; 1/2 cup roughly chopped white onion; 1/2 teaspoon kosher or coarse sea salt (or to taste); 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 6 cups chicken broth; 1 sprig fresh parsley; 12 corn tortillas (cut into 1- to 2-inch strips); 1 ancho or pasilla chile (stemmed, seeded, cut into 1-inch strips and quickly fried (optional, for garnish)); vegetable oil (for frying); 8 ounces queso fresco (diced); 1/2 cup Mexican style cream (crème fraiche or sour cream); 1 ripe Mexican avocado (halved, pitted, meat scooped out and diced)