Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup - by Natashas Kitchen

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Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe

Author: Natalya Drozhzhin
chicken Tortilla Soup garnished with avocado, cilantro and lime
Chicken Tortilla Soup is the perfect, cold weather weeknight dinner. What’s even better? It comes together in one pot.
minutesPrep Prep Time: 15
Cook Time: 30minutes 
Total Time: 45minutes 

Ingredients 

Servings:  servings

Chicken Tortilla Soup

  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 medium onionchopped
  • 3 garlic clovesminced
  • 1 jalapeno pepper seeded and diced
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1 tsp chilli powder
  • 1 lb chicken breasts(2 medium)
  • 20 oz can crushed tomatoes
  • 32 oz chicken broth 
  • 14 oz can black beansdrained and rinsed
  • 14 oz can corndrained and rinsed
  • 1/2 cup cilantrochopped, divided (reserve 1/4 of it for garnish)
  • 1 limejuiced
  • 1 tsp saltor to taste

Homemade Tortilla Strips

  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 8 corn tortillas (6" tortillas)

Toppings

  • 1 large avocadodiced
  • 1 limecut into wedges, to serve
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Instructions

Tortilla Strips:

  • Preheat a pan with 1/4 cup oil over medium-high heat. Cut tortillas into thin strips and fry them in batches in the hot oil until crisp. Remove from the pan and allow them to drain on a paper towel. Repeat with remaining tortilla strips, adding more oil as needed then set aside.

Chicken Tortilla Soup:

    • Preheat a pot with oil over medium-high heat. Add chopped onion, garlic and chopped jalapeño and sauté until veggies soften.
  • Add whole chicken breasts, corn, beans, chilli powder, cumin, crushed tomatoes, salt, ¼ cup of cilantro and chicken broth. Bring to a boil and let simmer for at least 25 minutes.
  • Remove chicken from the pot and shred it using 2 forks. Add shredded chicken back to the soup and simmer another 5 minutes then add lime juice.
  • Serve the soup with some tortilla strips, pieces of avocado, fresh cilantro and lime wedges.

Nutrition Per Serving

540kcal calories62g carbs32g protein22g fat

Course: Soup
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: Chicken Tortilla Soup, tortilla soup
Skill Level: Easy
Cost to Make: $
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