Surprisingly yummy! Not too spicy, but complex. Use the lemon juice or lime juice, if you don't have it, use anything similar! I love many different tortilla soups, I'll add this to the collection.
Chicken-Tortilla Soup
Photo: Lee Harrelson; Styling: Jan Gautro, Laura Martin
This recipe matches the goodness of the tortilla soups found in Mexican restaurants. Very flavorful but not too spicy.
Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 cup soup, 2 tablespoons chips, and 1 tablespoon sour cream)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 185
- Calories from fat: 18%
- Fat: 3.7g
- Saturated fat: 0.8g
- Monounsaturated fat: 1.4g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.7g
- Protein: 15.3g
- Carbohydrate: 22.2g
- Fiber: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
- Iron: 1.1mg
- Sodium: 409mg
- Calcium: 32mg
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken breast (about 10 ounces)
- 1 cup frozen whole-kernel corn
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 tablespoon chopped seeded jalapeño pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 2 (14 1/4-ounce) cans no-salt-added chicken broth
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced peeled tomatoes (such as Del Monte Fresh Cut), undrained
- 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can condensed reduced-fat reduced-sodium tomato soup (such as Campbell's Healthy Request), undiluted
- 1 1/4 cups crushed unsalted baked tortilla chips (about 16)
- 1/2 cup fat-free sour cream
Preparation
- Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic; saute 2 minutes. Stir in chicken and next 9 ingredients (chicken through tomato soup); bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour. Ladle soup into bowls; top with tortilla chips and sour cream.
Chicken-Tortilla Soup Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Soups/Stews
- CONVENIENCE: Make-Ahead
- CUISINE: Southwest
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Poultry
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Saturated Fat
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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