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! 

Looking for more soup recipes? Check out all my family's favorites in Best Fall Soup Recipes index.

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!"

Table of Contents

• Tips for Making Homemade Soup
• Helpful Kitchen Tools
• Main Ingredients Needed
• Step-by-Step Ingredients
• How to Thicken Chicken Tortilla Soup
• 🌟Try these recipes next...
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• 💬 Comments

Tips for Making Homemade 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.

Helpful Kitchen Tools

• Cast Iron Stock Pot
• Cheese Grater
• Soup Ladle

Main Ingredients Needed

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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; 14.5 ounce size each
• 1 tsp. each cumin and chili powder
• salt and pepper; to taste

Step-by-Step Ingredients

1. To begin with, in a heavy saucepan, melt the butter.
2. Add the chopped onion then 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.
• Next, 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!

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• Potato Corn Chowder - this soup is made in the crock pot and very budget-friendly. 
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• Chicken Noodle Soup

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