Recipe: Tasty Chicken tortilla soup

Chicken tortilla soup. This chicken tortilla soup is quick to make, flavorful, and filling, plus it freezes well. Garnish with avocado, Monterey Jack cheese, or green onion! Simmer a recipe for spicy Chicken Tortilla Soup from Food Network that's loaded with fire-roasted tomatoes, black beans, jalapenos and more.

Top this delicious soup with crispy homemade. Chicken Tortilla Soup is one of my favorites because there's so much going on.particularly at the end when you add the gorgeous toppings. It's made with crispy fried strips of corn tortillas in a tomato-based Mexican soup with chicken stock, chiles, avocado, Jack cheese, cilantro and lime. You can cook Chicken tortilla soup using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chicken tortilla soup

1. Prepare 1 of small package of chicken thighs.
2. It's Half of package of 16 oz rice (long grain) or rice of choice.
3. Prepare 1 can of original rotel.
4. It's 1 package of corn tortillas (cut into strips).
5. It's 1 of small white onion (dice).
6. You need of oil.
7. It's of Lawrys seasoning salt (for tortilla strips).
8. You need of lemon juice (for tortilla strips).
9. Prepare 2 Tbsps of cumin.
10. Prepare 1 tbsps of garlic powder.
11. It's of salt and pepper to your liking.
12. Prepare 2 Tbsps of butter.
13. Prepare of toppings optional: avocado slices and/or shredded cheese.
14. Prepare 2 cans of small tomato sauce.

Chicken tortilla soup is one of my favorite kinds of soup. Lately I've been getting chicken tortilla soup almost weekly at a local restaurant. Chicken tortilla soup, with its spicy tomato broth, crunchy tortilla chips, and gooey cheese, has long been one of my favorite dishes to order at Mexican restaurants. I never even thought to make it at.

Chicken tortilla soup step by step

1. In a big pot add butter and diced onion letting them turn translucent. Add rice and let it brow. Once you see the rice turn light brown add 3 quarts of water, cumin, garlic, rotel, tomato sauce, salt and pepper (always taste and add more seasoning as needed).
2. While the rice is cooking. In another pot add chicken thighs salt and pepper. Do not throw chicken broth away. Once chicken is cooked cut into small pieces and add both chicken and its broth into big pot. Cooking for another 10 min.
3. Cut tortillas into strips then fry in a medium size pan. Once fried put in a bowel with a paper towel. Sprinkle lawrys seasoning and lemon juice on the strips..
4. It's all done. Serve in bowels and top with tortilla strips. You can also top soup with shredded cheese or avocados..
5. Remember you can always use brown rice and chicken breast. I just like chicken thighs better. I have also added black beans before..

By Jennifer Segal, inspired by Tommy Bahama Tropical Café. A silky purée of vegetables, tortillas and spices, this chicken tortilla soup is hearty enough to serve as a meal. A hearty Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe! Fingers crossed that it starts warming up outside soon and I don't feel like. This Chicken Tortilla Soup has tons of flavor, with corn, black beans, green chiles, and plenty of spicy smoky broth.