Chicken Tortilla Soup is a new recipe at our house! We just love the taste of this when we are out to eat, so I decided to create my own version at home. The best part about this recipe? Most of the ingredients are from a can so it is mainly a open, pour, and stir meal!
Please let me know if and when you try this in your own home!
Ingredients
The canned and packaged items
The fresh items
Shopping List
1 medium onion, diced
1 orange sweet pepper, diced
1 orange sweet pepper, diced
2 Tbsp. butter
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of potato soup
1 can chicken broth
1 can Rotel tomatoes and chillies, with juice
1 can corn, drained
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
2 cups chicken, cooked and shredded
1/2 packet taco seasoning
1/2 packet chili seasoning
1 cup 2% milk
1/2 cup sour cream
Tortilla Chips
Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Directions
-Saute onion, pepper, garlic, and butter in a large pan until tender.
-Add soups and broth to onion mixture. Stir well.
-Add Rotel, corn, beans, and chicken; stir and let heat through
-Add taco and chili seasoning with 1 cup of milk. More or less milk can be used according to desired thickness. Add sour cream and heat through; stirring often.
-Spoon into individual bowls and top with crushed tortilla chips and shredded cheese.
We ate our soup with a tasty grilled cheese (with turkey). Please be warned, this recipe make enough to feed an army (about 8 large bowls). We like to freeze the leftover soup in separate containers so we have a few quick meals at our fingertips later on!
I also did a little calculating because I really wanted to know how good (or bad) this soup is for you. With all of its cheesy, creamy, rich goodness I must admit I was a little afraid. However, with a serving size of 2 large ladles it only worked out to be 475 calories! I may have done a small happy dance at that revelation.
So there you have it. The first recipe of what I hope is many to come.
Happy Eating!
