Chicken Tortilla Soup

Recipe Rating:	42 Ratings4
Categories:	Chicken Soups, Quick & Easy
Collections:	Soup's On!
Serves:	4

Ingredients

4	boneless skinless chicken breasts
2 bx	chicken stock or broth
1 can(s)	ranch style beans
1 can(s)	black beans
1 can(s)	corn (or i use a small package of frozen)
1 can(s)	green chiles, mild (7 oz)
1 c	roasted red peppers, diced (i just use the store bought jar)
	cayenne pepper
	cumin
	salt and pepper to taste
	pepper jack cheese
	tortilla chips
	sliced avocado (optional)
	green onions, chopped for garnish (optional)

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Laurie Roberts

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Gold Bar, WA (pop. 2,075)

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Member Since Sep 2010

Laurie's Notes:

This is one of my favorite comfort foods on those cold days outside. It's so colorful and full of flavor. You can spice it up or down and make it thick or more soupy. I never measure so don't have exact amounts to provide - just improvise until it suits your taste buds!

(See Laurie's Original Version of Recipe)

Comments from the Test Kitchen:

The flavors in this soup are simply smashing! We love cumin in the Test Kitchen, so seasoned the chicken pretty heavily. When all simmered, the final product was a soup better than I've had at any Mexican restaurant. Muy bueno!

Directions

Season chicken with cumin, salt, and pepper. Put in 350 degree oven to roast until fork tender. I put some of the broth in the pan, but you can also use water.

Let cool enough to shred or cut into cubes, then put the shredded (or cubed) chicken in a soup pot on the stove. Add the broth, beans, corn, green chilies, and diced red peppers.

Season the soup with more cumin, cayenne, and salt and pepper to taste. Simmer over medium high heat for about 30 minutes until flavors meld together. NOTE: This should be a very thick soup, so if it's too "watery" you can add some crumbled tortilla chips and pepperjack cheese to thicken.

Ladle into soup bowl and garnish with cheese, sliced avocado, and green onion. Serve with tortilla chips...and enjoy!

Comments

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Brenda-Lee Barajas Moxie50

Dec 10, 2010

I Love this soup . Never made it but have out tons time. I love the spicey flavors but not to hot. I just wrote down all the ingre. will let you know what i think and how it turns out.

Laurie Roberts Luv2TryNew

Dec 10, 2010

I hope you find it as flavorful as I do. I have played with the ingredients and added things in over the years until this just tasted so good to me. Please let me know what you think. Thanks!

Jewel Hall 0124

Dec 21, 2010

Laurie, I have looked on several recipe sites for this recipe and I will tell you, yours sounds the best of all. I plan to make this today. It would be a great (break) food from all the Christmas foods. My great niece and nephew are coming from Key West and they want to see SNOW !!! And, there is actually SNOW in the forecast this weekend. This would be a great dish for the cold temps...Thanks Dear !!! CHEERS !!! Jewel

Wendy Rusch snooksk9

Dec 21, 2010

I"m with Jewel here...this one looks like the best I've seen...I too have to make it!!! Thank you and congrats on the ribbon!

Laurie Roberts Luv2TryNew

Dec 21, 2010

Thank you Jewel and Wendy! I'm flattered! I sure hope you like it as much as I do. I haven't made it in awhile and it is making my mouth water thinking about it, so I believe I will be making it again soon myself! Jewel - this would be so tasty with that snow and cold temps you will be getting. I wish we were getting snow for Christmas, but it looks like it's just rain, rain, rain for us here in Seattle.
Wendy - thanks for the nice comments from a fellow blue-ribbon winner!! I am absolutely thrilled to have received it for this soup recipe!

Jewel Hall 0124

Dec 22, 2010

I posted your recipe on Face Book with a note that's it's my friend's recipe from Washington State.....Hugs

Laurie Roberts Luv2TryNew

Dec 23, 2010

Aww Jewel how sweet of you! Thank you my friend...big hugs back.

Carole F BakersQueen

Jan 2, 2011

This sounds really good..it is a must try for me. And, Congrats on the blue ribbon, Laurie!!

Laurie Roberts Luv2TryNew

Jan 2, 2011

Haha Lynn! I was just looking at your plethora of chocolate recipes that I am dying to try...then I saw the one with the mashed potatoes that you just got YOUR blue ribbon on...congratulations to you too!! Besides being a chocoholic, I also LOVE potatoes. I have made mine similar to yours, but like others have also said...never with the evaporated milk. I am making some ribs for dinner tonight and I'm thinking this may just be the side dish that will accompany them.

BTW...hope you like this soup too! :-)

Janet Lochman cookingclubber

Jan 17, 2011

I made this for dinner last night. I have to admit I was a little leery of how it would turn out since it was sooo easy to make. (I made it even easier by steam-microwaving the seasoned chicken). But this recipe just proves it doesn't have to be hard to be good. My family loved it too and this is definately going to be a regular on the menu. BTW, since it is so low in fat I felt free to add a little extra olive oil and still had a wonderful healthy meal! Thanks for sharing this!

Laurie Roberts Luv2TryNew

Jan 17, 2011

Thank you Janet! So glad you and your family enjoyed it. I didn't even think of steam microwaving the chicken, what a great idea. Thanks for the post!