Best Dionicias Famous Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipes

HOMEMADE CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat; saute onion until tender, about 5 minutes. Add chilies, garlic, jalapeno and cumin; cook 1 minute. Stir in tomato sauce, tomatoes and broth. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Stir in chicken., Simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes. Add cilantro, lime juice, salt and pepper. Top servings with chips and cheese., Freeze option: Before adding chips and cheese, cool soup; freeze in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a large saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth or water if necessary. Add chips and cheese before serving.

THE WORLD'S BEST TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a large stock pot over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until brown and tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in 2 cans of chicken broth and canned tomatoes. Add fresh tomatoes.
• Mix Anaheim chile peppers, jalapeno pepper, cumin, chili powder, and pepper into the pot. Stir in chicken. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium and simmer soup until flavors combine, about 20 minutes.
• Ladle soup into serving bowls; twist 1 lime wedge into each bowl. Top with corn chips, sour cream, Cheddar cheese, avocado slices, and cilantro.

AMAZING CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Put chicken, skin bones and all, into a pot with 2 quarts of lightly salted water, and bring to boil. Important: the skin and bones make the broth taste great. that's where the flavor is. this wont work using skinless, boneless chicken breasts.
• Reduce heat and simmer until chicken is starting to loosen from the bones and broth looks. well. like broth. (about 20 minutes).
• Carefully, remove chicken from broth making sure to get any little bones that may be on the bottom of the pot. Set chicken aside to let cool.
• Add onion, Rotel, cumin, garlic, chili powder, and black pepper to the pot. Add 1/2 tsp crushed pepper for medium heat, less if you like it mild, or more if you like it spicy. I use 1 teaspoons.
• Stir, and let simmer until chicken is cool enough to handle.
• Tear off chicken meat and place back into pot discarding skin and bones.
• Cut off about a 2 inch section from a log of Velveeta cheese, then cut into cubes.
• Add cheese, and cilantro to soup and stir over low heat until cheese is melted into the soup. Let simmer stirring often.
• Stack corn tortillas and slice into thin shreds with a sharp knife. Cook tortilla shreds in a small amount of hot oil until crisp. Drain on paper towels.
• To serve, ladle soup into individual bowls and top with a dollop of sour cream (optional) and the tortilla strips.

THE EASIEST AND BEST CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Wash chicken. Place chicken and chicken stock into a 6 or 8 quart stock pot; cover. Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes, until chicken is done.
• Remove chicken from pot and place on a cutting board.
• Add pico de gallo salsa, corn, black beans and tortilla chips to the stock pot.
• Dice chicken and add back into soup. Stir well; bring to a boil and simmer, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes. Season to taste with salt & pepper, cumin and chili powder.
• Serve while hot. Also good reheated the next day.
• Garnish with a squeeze of fresh lime and your favorite toppings.

CHICKEN & CRISPY TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Tortilla Strips:.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Spread tortilla strips on rimmed baking sheet;drizzle with oil and toss until evenly coated.
• Place in oven, rotating pan and shaking after 7 minutes.
• Bake until strips are deep golden brown and crip.
• Transfer chips to paper towels to drain and season with salt.
• SOUP:.
• In large sauce pan bring chicken, broth, 1/3 of quartered onions, 2 garlic cloves, cilantro and 1/2 teaspoon salt to boil over medium-heat; reduce heat and simmer until chicken is cooked, about 20 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to plate.
• Strain broth through fine-mesh strainer, discard solids in strainer.
• When cool enough to handle, shred chicken into bite-size pieces.
• Puree tomatoes, remaining onions, remaining garlic cloves, chipotle chile, and 1 teaspoon adobe sauce in food processor until smooth.
• Heat oil in dutch oven.
• Add puree and 1/8 teaspoon salt and cook, stirring frequently, until mixture has darkened in color, about 10 minutes.
• Stir strained broth into tomato mixture.
• Add poblano pepper, red peppers, zucchini and remaining quartered onions.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and simmer to blend flavors, for about 15-20 minutes.
• Taste test.If desired add up to 2 teaspoons additional adobe sauce.
• Add shredded chicken and simmer until heated.
• To serve, place portions of tortilla strips in bowl and ladle soup.
• Pass garnishes separately.

NEARLY FAMOUS CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stock pot, heat the oil over high. Add onions, 1/3 cup cilantro and garlic, sauté 3 minutes.
• Stir in tomatoes and spices, then bring to a boil.
• Add the broth, carrots and chicken. Return to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and cook another 10-12 minutes.
• Stir in half the cheese and 1 cup crushed tortilla chips.
• Ladle into bowls and top with remaining cheese, fresh cilantro, fresh avocado, and more tortilla chip pieces. Serves 4+.
• *This is a great recipe for leftover chicken or a rotisserie chicken. Just add it in at the very end to warm it up!