Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, chicken tortilla soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chicken tortilla soup is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Chicken tortilla soup is something that I have loved my whole life.

This chicken tortilla soup is quick to make, flavorful, and filling, plus it freezes well. Garnish with avocado, Monterey Jack cheese, or green onion! Simmer a recipe for spicy Chicken Tortilla Soup from Food Network that's loaded with fire-roasted tomatoes, black beans, jalapenos and more.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook chicken tortilla soup using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken tortilla soup:

1. Take 1 small package of chicken thighs
2. Get Half package of 16 oz rice (long grain) or rice of choice
3. Take 1 can original rotel
4. Prepare 1 package corn tortillas (cut into strips)
5. Prepare 1 small white onion (dice)
6. Prepare oil
7. Take Lawrys seasoning salt (for tortilla strips)
8. Get lemon juice (for tortilla strips)
9. Take 2 Tbsps cumin
10. Take 1 tbsps garlic powder
11. Get salt and pepper to your liking
12. Make ready 2 Tbsps butter
13. Prepare toppings optional: avocado slices and/or shredded cheese
14. Make ready 2 cans small tomato sauce

You can garnish with many ingredients to suit your needs and make this a meal. Chicken tortilla soup, with its spicy tomato broth, crunchy tortilla chips, and gooey cheese, has long been one of my favorite dishes to order at Mexican restaurants. I never even thought to make it at. It's made with crispy fried strips of corn tortillas in a tomato-based Mexican soup with chicken stock, chiles, avocado, Jack cheese, cilantro and lime.

Steps to make Chicken tortilla soup:

1. In a big pot add butter and diced onion letting them turn translucent. Add rice and let it brow. Once you see the rice turn light brown add 3 quarts of water, cumin, garlic, rotel, tomato sauce, salt and pepper (always taste and add more seasoning as needed)
2. While the rice is cooking. In another pot add chicken thighs salt and pepper. Do not throw chicken broth away. Once chicken is cooked cut into small pieces and add both chicken and its broth into big pot. Cooking for another 10 min
3. Cut tortillas into strips then fry in a medium size pan. Once fried put in a bowel with a paper towel. Sprinkle lawrys seasoning and lemon juice on the strips.
4. It's all done. Serve in bowels and top with tortilla strips. You can also top soup with shredded cheese or avocados.
5. Remember you can always use brown rice and chicken breast. I just like chicken thighs better. I have also added black beans before.

This Chicken Tortilla Soup is the soup of my dreams. It's almost dump and run for the ideal easy weeknight dinner or fabulous for crowds. It is loaded with juicy, tender shredded chicken. We load ours up with more protein by adding black beans Nope—rotisserie chicken also works, and will cut down on the amount of time the soup needs to. Chicken tortilla soup is one of my favorite kinds of soup.

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