AMAZING Tortilla Soup Recipe (courtesy of Karen Marino)

. I'm a soup person. And definitely a Tortilla Soup person. Here's a wonderful recipe Karen Marino from Vollmer PR (soon to be Edelman) passed on to me last year. I made it again on Sunday to help combat the sniffles.

Tortilla Soup
Ingredients1 rotisserie chicken from the supermarket, meat picked from bones and shredded
Good olive oil
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 cups chopped onions (2 onions)
1 cup chopped celery (2 stalks)
2 cups chopped carrots (4 carrots)
4 large cloves garlic, chopped
2 1/2 quarts chicken stock
1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes in puree, crushed
2 to 4 jalapeno peppers, seeded and minced (depends on how hot you like it)
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander seed
1/4 to 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves, optional
6 (6-inch) fresh white corn tortillas

Directions
For serving: sliced avocado, sour cream, grated Cheddar cheese, and tortilla chips

Heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven. Add the onions, celery, and carrots and cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes, or until the onions start to brown. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add the chicken stock, tomatoes with their puree, jalapenos, cumin, coriander, 1 tablespoon salt (depending on the saltiness of the chicken stock), 1 teaspoon pepper, and the cilantro, if using. Cut the tortillas in 1/2, then cut them crosswise into 1/2-inch strips and add to the soup. Bring the soup to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 25 minutes. Add the shredded chicken and season to taste. Serve the soup hot topped with sliced avocado, a dollop of sour cream, grated Cheddar cheese, and broken tortilla chips.

Note: It’s important to put the white corn tortillas in and let it simmer. They not only flavor the soup but they thicken it just enough.

Simple, delicious. Enjoy!

Comments

Anonymous said…
This is pretty similar to our tortilla soup recipe. We sometimes add a little Sofrito and/or Recaito (Goya) if we don't have fresh cilantro. Thinking about it is making me want some right now....yummy!
Anonymous said…
Last comment was from Holly Robinson - ;-)

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