Tortilla Soup Recipes
A meal seems incomplete without a soup. Tortilla soup recipes are filling and flavorful. When made with fresh ingredients it tastes all the more better. However those looking forward to fix a quick meal can include canned substitutes in it. You can serve it either with tortilla or with cumin corn bread.
The ingredients that go into chicken tortilla soup recipes are: 1 big onion, finely chopped ¼ cup olive or vegetable oil Minced garlic as per your taste 1 tsp powdered cumin 4 cups chicken stock or broth 3 cups of cooked chicken cut into thin strips 8 to 10 fresh tomatoes diced 10 finely chopped green chilies (either hot, mild or medium in taste) Cayenne pepper as per your taste 1 cup fresh cilantro finely chopped 1 to 12 tortillas Salt and pepper as per your taste 2 cups of Monterey Jack Cheese
Optional ingredients Sour cream 3 sliced avocados 3 limes Cooking directions for making chicken tortilla soup recipes In a large pot add tomatoes, chilies, cilantro, onions and chicken broth and set it on medium heat. Add remaining tomatoes, cilantro and chilies and leave it in the refrigerator.
Heat oil in a large skillet, and then add cumin and sauté garlic and onions in it stirring it often. When it softens add this mixture from the skillet to the pot and simmer it constantly for an hour or so.
A little before removing it from fire thinly slice some tortillas and fry them. Instead of tortillas you could also use tortilla chips. If you do not prefer fried tortillas, you could bake them in a baking tray for 10 minutes or till it turns golden brown. If tortillas are popular with your family members always bake a little more as baked or fried tortillas disappear even before the chicken tortilla soup recipe gets ready.
When the soup is done serve in individual bowls. Start by serving one heap spoon of salsa mix at the bottom of every bowl. Then pour soup into each bowl and garnish the bowl with Monterey Jack cheese, sour cream and thinly sliced pieces of avocado. Squeeze halved limes on each bowl. Sprinkle cilantro and a handful of tortillas over each soup bowl and enjoy.
Tortilla soup is commonly used in wedding soup recipes as it is liked by many guests. The soup makes a great starter as well as an appetizer before a sumptuous meal.