Chicken Tortilla Soup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 green bell pepper
• 1 medium onion
• 1 corn on the cob
• 2 serranos
• 2 garlic cloves
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 -4 chicken breasts
• 4 cups roma tomatoes
• 1/2 cup chili powder
• 8 cups water
• salt, to taste
• 1/8 cup fresh ground pepper
• 1/3 cup cilantro
• 2 limes, juice of
• 8 ounces cheese, grated
• 4 ounces tortilla chips

Recipe

• 1 de-skin and boil the chicken breasts. you can use 10 cups of water if you want to save the chicken stock for the soup, but i usually drain it and continue the recipe with fresh water.
• 2 chop an de-seed bell pepper, onion, and sorranos. slice corn off of cobb, and mince or chop the garlic. saute these veggies with the olive oil for 5 minutes.
• 3 add veggies to the chicken, water, chili powder, salt, and pepper.
• 4 saute the roma tomatos for 5 minutes and add to the soup.
• 5 boil the soup for 15 minutes.
• 6 add the lime juice and cilantro and serve. on top of each bowl, add 1/2 oz. cheese and a few tortilla chips.
• 7 if you plan on freezing this soup, do not add the cheese or tortilla chips until just before serving.