Chicken Tortilla Soup

Dinner is ready fast with this easy recipe for Chicken Tortilla Soup made with tender shredded chicken and combined with tomatoes, beans and green peppers. Top the soup with tortilla chips, cheddar cheese and sour cream for a very hearty and delicious recipe! 

Chicken Tortilla Soup

It’s that time of year again when we all want to enjoy a bowl of warm comforting soup for dinner. 

This is one of my daughter’s favorite soups to order out at a restaurant. With a few adjustments and additions, I finally found a recipe that we all loved.  I made this recipe for, Olivia, right before she left to go back to school in Florida. She loved it and said it was “blog-worthy!”

Tips for Making Chicken Tortilla Soup

The recipe calls for shredded chicken. Here are a few different ways to get shredded chicken: 

• I cook my chicken to use in shredded chicken recipes in my crock pot. The chicken always comes out tender and juicy.   
• You can also use leftover chicken from a roast chicken.
• Or you can even purchase a rotiserrie chicken from the local grocery store.

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Chicken Tortilla Soup Ingredients

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Ingredients

• 2 cooked chicken breasts, shredded
• 15 ounce can crushed tomatoes
• 10 ounce can red enchilada sauce
• 15 ounce can black beans drained and rinsed
• 4 ounce can chopped green chili peppers,
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 10 ounce package frozen corn
• 2 cans chicken broth
• 1 tsp. each cumin and chili powder
• salt and pepper; to taste

How to Make Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe

1. In a heavy saucepan, melt the butter.
2. Add the chopped onion and cook until translucent.
3. Then add the minced garlic and cook for a few minutes.
4. Next, add the crushed tomatoes, enchilada sauce, chicken broth, black beans, green chili peppers, seasonings and simmer on medium heat for about 40 minutes.
5. Finally, add the cooked shredded chicken along with the frozen corn.
6. Continue to cook for another 10 minutes.
7. Serve with a topping of sour cream, crushed tortilla chips and grated cheddar cheese.

How to Thicken Chicken Tortilla Soup

Some people like a thicker chicken tortilla soup and if that’s how you enjoy it, here’s an easy way to thicken the soup. This is called a “slurry” and is an easy way to thicken any soup recipe.

• Add 2 tablespoons of flour or cornstarch into a small bowl.
• Whisk in and 2 tablespoons of water.
• Add the slurry mixture to the pot of hot soup stirring constantly for a few minutes or until the soup thickens. 
• If you find the soup is too thick, simply add a little more chicken broth. 

To serve the soup, top with crushed tortilla chips, shredded cheddar cheese and sour cream.

Chicken Tortilla Soup made with tender shredded chicken combined with tomatoes, beans and green peppers makes for a very hearty recipe for dinner tonight!

More Delicious Easy Soup Recipes

• French Onion Soup – with VIDEO
• Potato Corn Chowder – this soup is made in the crock pot and very budget-friendly. 
• Beef Barley
• Chicken Noodle Soup

Chicken Tortilla Soup

Yield: 8 servings

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

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Ingredients

• 2 cooked chicken breasts, shredded
• 1 can crushed tomatoes, 15 ounces
• 1 can red enchilada sauce, 10 ounces
• 1 can black beans drained and rinsed, 15 ounces
• 1 can chopped green chili peppers, 4 ounces
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 Tablespoons butter
• 1 package frozen corn
• 2 cans chicken broth
• 1 tsp. cumin
• 1 tsp. chili powder
• salt and pepper

Instructions

In a heavy saucepan, melt the butter.

Add the chopped onion and cook until translucent.

Add the minced garlic and cook for a few minutes.

Add the crushed tomatoes, enchilada sauce, chicken broth, black beans, green chili peppers, seasonings and simmer on medium heat for about 40 minutes.

Add the cooked shredded chicken and frozen corn.

Continue to cook for another 10 minutes.

Serve with a topping of sour cream, crushed tortilla chips and grated cheddar cheese.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 212 Total Fat: 5g Saturated Fat: 2g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 2g Cholesterol: 34mg Sodium: 910mg Carbohydrates: 27g Fiber: 7g Sugar: 7g Protein: 17g

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