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A Mexican Tortilla Soup Recipe That’s Really Satisfying
Mexican Tortilla Soup Recipes, especially the ones you’re served in some “Mexican” restaurants, tend to be watery and disappointing.
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They don’t have to be! If you make this with a rich homemade stock, the soup is a meal in itself. But even canned stock makes a really good soup.
The only complaints I’ve ever heard about it were when we served it in small bowls as a first course. Everyone wanted more...
My Favorite Mexican Tortilla Soup Recipe
Mexican Tortilla Soup Recipe Click image to enlarge.
You can serve this as a meal, or as a first course.
But be sure to make extra, it’s so good people will want more!
This recipe is an elaboration of a simple recipe in my what is considered by many to be the first and best book on Mexican cooking: The Complete Book of Mexican Cooking, by Elizabeth Lambert Ortiz.
I don’t know if you can get the trade paperback that I know and love anymore, but there is a revised edition that I would get if I didn’t have the first edition: The New Complete Book of Mexican Cooking.
If you try this recipe, or have a favorite tortilla soup recipe, please let us know.
Mexican Tortilla Soup Recipe Serves 4 to 6
2 quarts chicken stock, homemade if you have it
2 T olive oil
1 onion
2 cloves garlic
1-2T chopped chiles
1 can diced fire roasted tomatoes or ½ C diced tomatoes
½ to ¾ C cooked chicken
Salt to taste
6 four inch corn tortillas
½ C mild tasting oil like canola
Garnish:
Chopped cilantro
Sliced avocados
Grated cheese if desired
Serve with lime wedges.
Begin heating the stock in a large pot.
Sauté the onion in 2 T oil until soft, add garlic and chiles and continue sautéing until garlic starts to become transparent.
Add tomatoes and simmer 5 minutes or so.
Stir tomato mixture into the stock and simmer 20-30 minutes.
Add chicken or shrimp if desired.
While soup is simmering, cut the tortillas into ¼ inch strips and fry on both sides in the oil until lightly brown and crisp. Drain on paper towels.
Ladle soup into bowls
Garnish with chopped cilantro, tortilla strips, avocado, a squeeze of lime, and cheese if desired.
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