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Spicy Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe

Recipe by: frankp

"Quick and easy chicken tortilla soup."
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  • Directions
  • Ingredients
  • Nutrition
Directions
  • Prep25 m
  • Cook50 m
  • Ready In1 h 15 m
  • 1Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crispy, about 5 minutes. Drain on a paper towel, reserving 1 tablespoon grease in the skillet. Add onion and garlic to the skillet; cook and stir until onion are translucent, about 5 minutes.
  • 2Combine chicken broth and chicken breasts in a large pot; bring to a boil. Cook until chicken breasts are no longer pink in the center, about 15 minutes. Remove chicken breasts from broth; cool until easily handled.
  • 3Stir bacon, onion, garlic, diced tomatoes and green chile peppers, and tomato sauce into the chicken broth. Add corn, chipotle peppers, salt, pepper, cumin, and cilantro.
  • 4Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place tortilla strips on a baking sheet.
  • 5Tear chicken breasts into small strips; add to the broth mixture. Cook and stir until soup flavors combine, about 20 minutes.
  • 6Bake tortilla strips in the preheated oven until slightly crisp, about 5 minutes.
  • 7Ladle soup into serving bowls. Top with sour cream; garnish with tortilla strips and Cheddar cheese.
Footnotes
  • Cook's Note:
  • If you want your soup mild, make sure to seed the chipotle peppers before adding them to the soup.
Ingredients
  • 8 servings
  • 455 cals
  • 8 (1 ounce) slices smoked bacon, cut into 1/2-inch strips
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 (32 ounce) container chicken broth
  • 3 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
  • 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes and mild green chile peppers (such as RO*TEL®)
  • 1 (14 ounce) can tomato sauce
  • 1 (14 ounce) can whole kernel corn
  • 3 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, chopped, or to taste
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon ground cumin
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons dried cilantro
  • 3 (8 inch) flour tortillas, cut into strips
  • 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
  • 1/2 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
Nutrition

Amount per serving ( 5 total)

  • Calories:
    455
    23%
  • Fat:
    26.2
    40%
  • Carbs:
    31.4
    10%
  • Protein:
    25.2
    50%
  • Cholesterol:
    70
    23%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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