Easy Tortilla Soup Recipes

By: Want To Know It

Here are a couple of easy tortilla soup recipes. The first is a vegetarian recipe which is fairly easy and the second is a chicken recipe which is dead simple!

Vegetarian Tortilla Soup

Serves: 6 people (you can always refrigerate it and have it a few times during the week)

Difficulty: Fairly Easy

Preparation Time: 10-15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 6 corn tortillas
• Extra virgin olive oil
• Salt
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 large onion (preferably a white onion)
• 1 teaspoon of cumin
• 2 teaspoons of coriander
• 1 teaspoon of hot chili powder
• 14 ounce (400g) can of crushed tomatoes
• Cheese (any sort you like)
• 6 cups of water or vegetable broth

Method:

1. Cut the tortilla into small, thin, strips.
2. Toss the tortilla strips with a good dash of olive oil and salt.
3. Put the strips in the oven at 350F (175C) and bake for 10 minutes. They should turn golden brown.
4. In the meantime, dice all your vegetables.
5. Put a big soup pot on medium heat with a good splash of olive oil.
6. Add the garlic, onion and salt to the pot and cook for one minute.
7. Now stir your tomatoes and spices into the pot and cook for five minutes. Make sure that you check your tortilla strips.
8. Take the pot off the heat after the five minutes are up and add one cup of water (or broth) to the pot and puree with a blender.
9. Add the remaining five cups and continue to puree until the mixture is smooth.
10. Bring the pot back to the simmer and cook for ten more minutes.
11. Serve the soup with a generous number of tortilla strips and a good helping of cheese.

Dead Simple Tortilla Soup

Serves: 2 people

Difficulty: Easy

Preparation Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients:

• 10.5 ounce (300g) can of condensed chicken soup
• 10.5 ounce can of condensed rice soup
• 10 ounce (280g) can of diced tomatoes
• 8 ounce (230g) can of tomato sauce
• 8 ounces of tortilla chips
• Cheddar cheese

Method:

1. Combine the soups, tomatoes and sauce in a large pot on medium heat.
2. Bring the mixture just to the boil and then take off the heat.
3. Put some tortilla chips and cheese at the bottom of a bowl and serve the soup over the top.
4. How easy was that!

(source: recipes.kaboose.com)

Other Recipes:

Easy Potato Soup Recipe- You could make this with your eyes closed!

Best Beef Stew Recipe- Very, very tasty!

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