Chicken and Tortilla Soup Recipe
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The Ingredients:
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Cook Time
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Ready in: 30 min
Yields: 32 oz or more, serves 4-6 admirably
Ingredients
- 2 lbs chicken, bone in is tastiest
- 2-3 cups tortilla chips, plain corn
- 6 cups NS chicken stock
- 1 cup shallots, minced
- 1 cup queso fresco, crumbled
- 3-4 TBSP chili powder
- 2-4 TBSP olive oil, or vegetable oil
- 2 limes, juiced
- Bunch cilantro, cleaned and chopped
- 1 can black olives, sliced
- 1 cup sour cream
How to Do It:
- Salt skinless bone-in or bone-out chicken lightly.
- Heat oil in kettle over medium-high heat. When sizzling, add chicken pieces, and cook about 2-3 minutes each side--contingent on cut. When cooked, transfer from pan to bowl, and let rest, reserving pan drippings.
- if you have a food processor, mince your shallots that way. otherwise, mince them by hand, and add to the reserved pan drippings. Cook until translucent.
- Add chili powder, and stir. Simmer another few minutes until fragrant.
- Add chicken stock, and mix well. Turn heat down to medium, and simmer for another 10 minutes or so, during which time you can prepare the add-ins for the soup.
- Remove the leafs from the cilantro with a fork, dragging it through the bunch like comb through snarled hair. Dice reasonably fine, and set aside.
- Dice the avocado into small cubes while its skin is still intact, then spoon the cubes out of the shell, and set aside.
- Crumble the queso fresco, and set aside.
- Smash the tortilla chips into bits, and place handfuls in a little pyramid in each soup bowl.
- Now that the chicken has rested, shred it by pulling it apart.
- Add this to the simmering soup, and cook another five minutes or so.
- Remove from heat, and finish with lime.
- Grab a large cutting board to protect your countertop, and place the soup kettle on that. Line up your soup bowls (with tortilla chips inside) next to them.
- Fill the bowls with soup, making sure to get enough chicken chunks. Leave at least an inch from the bowl's rim to allow room for the goodies.
- Add the cheese.
- The avocado.
- A dollop of sour cream.
- Add the olives slices.
- And finish with cilantro. Whip up a quick and easy quesadilla, if you like, to complement this tasty soup, or serve with salad.
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