Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe

Name: Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: American, Mexican, Latin American
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 medium onion (chopped); 3 garlic cloves (minced); 1 jalapeno pepper (seeded and diced); 1 tsp ground cumin; 1 tsp chilli powder; 1 lb chicken breasts ((2 medium)); 20 oz crushed tomatoes; 32 oz chicken broth; 14 oz black beans (drained and rinsed); 14 oz corn (drained and rinsed); 1/2 cup cilantro (chopped, divided (reserve 1/4 of it for garnish)); 1 lime (juiced); 1 tsp salt (or to taste); 1/4 cup olive oil; 8 corn tortillas ((6" tortillas)); 1 large avocado (diced); 1 lime (cut into wedges, to serve)

5 steps

Prep:15minCook:30min

Chicken Tortilla Soup is the perfect, cold weather weeknight dinner. What’s even better? It comes together in one pot.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 01:04:29 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories452.9 kcal (23%)

Total Fat22.8 g (33%)

Carbs43.4 g (17%)

Sugars8.4 g (9%)

Protein21.3 g (43%)

Sodium1449.7 mg (72%)

Fiber8.4 g (30%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

6 servings

1 Tbspolive oil

1 tspground cumin

1 tspchilli powder

1 lbchicken breasts

20 ozcrushed tomatoes

32 ozchicken broth

14 ozblack beans

drained and rinsed

14 ozcorn

drained and rinsed

½ cupcilantro

chopped, divided, reserve 1/4 of it for garnish

1 tspsalt

¼ cupolive oil

cut into wedges, to serve

Instructions

Tortilla Strips:

Step 1

Preheat a pan with 1/4 cup oil over medium-high heat. Cut tortillas into thin strips and fry them in batches in the hot oil until crisp. Remove from the pan and allow them to drain on a paper towel. Repeat with remaining tortilla strips, adding more oil as needed then set aside.

Chicken Tortilla Soup:

Step 2

Preheat a pot with oil over medium-high heat. Add chopped onion, garlic and chopped jalapeño and sauté until veggies soften.

Step 3

Add whole chicken, corn, beans, chilli powder, cumin, crushed tomatoes, salt, ¼ cup of cilantro and chicken broth. Bring to a boil and let simmer for at least 25 minutes.

Step 4

Remove chicken from the pot and shred it using 2 forks. Add shredded chicken back to the soup and simmer another 5 minutes then add lime juice.

Step 5

Serve the soup with some tortilla strips, pieces of avocado, fresh cilantro and lime wedges.

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