CREAMY CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP

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Categories     Chicken

Number Of Ingredients 15

3 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
3 tablespoons margarine or butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3 14-ounce cans chicken broth
4 cups half-and-half
One 10.75-ounce can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 cup fresh salsa or 1 to 2 chopped jalapeños, to taste (wear gloves)
One 15-ounce can creamed corn
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked, cut into chunks
2 teaspoons ground cumin
One 1.27-ounce packet fajita seasoning
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro, divided use
16 ounces tortilla chips
8 ounces shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Steps:

  • In a large pot over medium heat, sauté the garlic and onion in the margarine or butter for 5 minutes. Add flour and stir well, cooking for 1 minute more. Add broth and half and half. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low. Add the soup, salsa, corn, chicken, cumin, fajita seasoning and 2 tablespoons of the cilantro. Stir and continue to cook for 15 minutes. Crumble tortilla chips into individual bowls. Add 1/2 ounce shredded cheese to each bowl and ladle in soup. Top each bowl with more crumbled chips, remaining cheese and cilantro and serve. Per serving using low sodium chicken broth: 730 cal.; 36 g pro.; 71 g carb.; 33 g fat (16 sat., 10 monounsat., 3 polyunsat., 4 other); 125 mg chol.; 1391 mg sod.; 5 g fiber; 10 g sugar; 42 percent calories from fat.

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