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    Home » Our latest posts » Soups and Stews

    Easy Tortilla Soup Ready in 30 Minutes

    October 9, 2014 Filed Under: Soups and Stews

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    Easy Tortilla Soup is a simple and satisfying Mexican soup loaded with chicken and tortillas. Ready in 30 minutes Includes gluten free, corn free and vegetarian alternatives.

    This Chicken and Tomato Tortilla Soup is an easy meal to warm you up on a cold day. Ready in 30 minutes and you probably have the ingredients in your kitchen already.

    bowl of tortilla soup with text overlay "Chicken and tomato tortilla soup"

    This Tortilla Soup recipe serves 4 as a side soup, but you can easily double it up to make it a complete meal for 4.

    It is simple to adapt for special diets:

    • vegetarian: vegetable broth and black beans for the chicken broth and chicken
    • corn allergies or don't have corn tortillas on hand: flour tortillas are just as good
    • gluten free: just make sure your stock and tortillas are gluten free and the recipe should be good as is.

    Tortilla Soup

    bowl of tortilla soup with text overlay "Chicken and tomato tortilla soup"
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    Ingredients
     

    • 1 ½ tablespoon olive or vegetable oil
    • ¾ cups yellow onion (diced)
    • 1-2 clove garlic (minced - about 1 tablespoon)
    • ½ pound boneless skinless chicken breast (cut in ½ inch cubes)
    • 1 can 14.5 ounce diced tomatoes
    • 1 can 14 ounce chicken stock
    • 1 ½ teaspoon ground cumin
    • ½ teaspoon dried oregano
    • 4-6 Small corn tortillas (or 2 soft taco size flour tortillas)
    • oil for frying

    OPTIONAL

    • fresh cilantro (for garnish)
    • Monterey Jack cheese (shredded (for garnish))

    Instructions
     

    • Heat olive oil in large pot or cast iron skillet. Add onion and sauté until translucent. Add garlic and sauté slightly without browning.
    • Add chicken, tomatoes, stock, cumin and oregano. Bring to a boil and then reduced to simmer. Continue cooking until chicken is done.
    • While soup is cooking, cut tortillas into ½-inch strips. Heat ½ inch oil in a skillet until a test tortilla strip sizzles when dropped into oil. Fry tortilla strips one layer at a time. Watch carefully so not to burn. Remove with tongs and drain on paper towels. Repeat until all are fried.
    • To serve: place fried tortillas in bottom of serving bowls. Pour in soup and garnish with grated cheese and a few sprigs of cilantro.

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    Until next time, happy eating.
    ~Audrey

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. peppylady (Dora)

      October 10, 2014 at 8:29 pm

      I've never made tortilla soup. I do like it and every time I had it..yummy

      Coffee is on

      Reply
    2. Joanne T Ferguson

      October 10, 2014 at 9:04 pm

      G'day and thanks for sharing at our #SayGdayParty Looks like a warm and welcoming soup! Pinned!
      Please make sure to revisit and Say G'day to the hosts and people at the party if you haven't already!
      Cheers! Joanne

      Reply
    3. Cathy Z. Peek

      October 10, 2014 at 10:51 pm

      This sounds delicious! I will for sure try it. Stopping by from the Pinterest Party.

      Reply
    4. KC the Kitchen Chopper

      October 13, 2014 at 9:44 am

      I'm like you, I love easy dishes. Your soup sounds perfectly simple and delish. Thanks for sharing at #theWeekendSocial. Hope to see you again Thursday 9:00 PM EST. Pinned as always!

      Reply
    5. Tricia the Good Mama

      October 13, 2014 at 7:24 pm

      This looks so yummy! I am going to have to give this a try.

      Reply
    6. Nic

      October 15, 2014 at 5:34 pm

      My husband would love this! What a great recipe idea. Thanks for sharing

      Reply
    7. Cathy @ Our Mini Family

      October 17, 2014 at 7:53 am

      Woohoo!! So glad you linked this up the best from your blog this week at our Bewitchin Projects block party! Be sure to come back again on Sunday starting at 6am EST over at OurMiniFamily.com to link up your projects again--the linky party runs from Sunday to Thursday each week 😀

      

~Cathy Mini~

      Reply
    8. Kristina and Millie

      October 18, 2014 at 2:01 pm

      oh sounds good, warm and delish! I will be very interested in trying this easy tortilla soup and making some tortilla strips!

      Reply
    9. erlene

      October 20, 2014 at 1:28 am

      Thanks for sharing your soup recipe on Merry Monday. The weather in So.Cali is finally starting to cool off and I can't wait to start making soup again. Pinned.

      Reply

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