3- 4 fresh tomatoes
1 large onion
2 garlic cloves
1- 2 Tbsp olive oil
1 Qt chicken broth
1 - 2 dried red chilis (anaheim are nice)
3 - 4 fresh limes
between 1/2 cup to 1 cup of V-8
cooked chicken
fresh mexican cheese
cilantro
lime wedges
corn tortilla strips (make your own by frying or baking or buy chips if you must)
avocado slices
Blend tomatoes, onions and garlic until smooth. Heat olive oil in a large soup pot. Pour in tomato mix (it will splatter) and cook until the color changes from pink to a dark red color stirring often. Pour in chicken broth and chilis. Stir and simmer.
Before serving add lime juice to taste.
To serve provide toppings to guests and have them fill their bowls as they wish with chicken, cheese, tortillas and avocado - pour hot soup over toppings and enjoy!
we had Tortilla Soup out yesterday at Blue Mesa Grill -- and it was so delicious -- they have the recipes online so we looked it up.
ReplyDeletebut I think their recipe was wrong
because the soup had a slight hint of curry -- and the chicken had that yellow tinge that you see with tandori chicken -- tumeric?
It was also a bit less tomatoey -- I'll have to try this sometime