Common Sense Observations

Frigid Weather + Homemade Soup = Happy Family

Nothing like an arctic blast to send you off to the kitchen to make some homemade Chicken Tortilla Soup. Plus, a person can only watch so much CNN before going Cuckoo! This is a hearty, yet spicy, chicken soup perfect year around.  Here we go……….

 

Ingredients:

3-cloves garlic, chopped

1 onion, chopped

1 4-ounce can green chilies, chopped

3 tablespoons Olive Oil

1 16-ounce can stew tomatoes, chopped

1 10-ounce can Rotel tomatoes, chopped

6 cups of chicken stock or broth

4 cups of chicken meat – You can use canned Cooked Chicken or if you have time – cook a whole chicken in a big stock pot. De-bone and save the liquid.

 

1 tablespoon cumin

1 tablespoon chili powder

½ tablespoon salt

1 teaspoon pepper

1 tablespoon lemon pepper

¼ teaspoon Tabasco

2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

 

Optional:

6 corn tortillas, cut into strips

 

Optional Garnishes:

Monterey Jack cheese, shredded

Sour cream

Avocado, chopped

Tortilla chips

 

Instructions:

Simmer garlic, onion, and green chilies in oil in a large soup pot until onions are tender, about 3 minutes. Add remaining ingredients except seasonings and tortilla strips. Bring to boil. Add seasonings and simmer 1 hour. About 15 minutes before it is done, add the tortilla strips – if you want. Serve with a garnish of your choice.

 

This is going to make you a bunch of soup. A family of four can eat off this for about three days. If you don’t’ already have a runny nose from the cold weather, this stuff will take care of that – keep the tissues nearby! Yummy stuff for sure!