Chicken Tortilla Soup

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 8 corn tortillas or 2 cups corn chips
• 3 limes, juice of, for 1/4 cup lime juice
• 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped (coriander)
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 5 -6 cups chicken broth
• 3 cups chicken, shredded from a store-bought roasted chicken
• 2 avocados, thinly sliced

Recipe

• 1 cut tortillas in half and then into strips about 1/2-inch wide.
• 2 heat about 1 cup oil in a small frying pan on medium heat.
• 3 add tortilla strips to hot oil about 1 cup at a time and fry until crisp. place on a paper towel and salt very lightly as you finish each batch - you can use store-bought corn chips instead to save time.
• 4 juice the limes and set aside 1/4 cup juice. set aside.
• 5 coarsely chop cilantro. set aside.
• 6 in a large 4-5 quart frying pan heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil on medium heat.
• 7 add onion and sauté 2-3 minutes or until just translucent. add garlic, oregano and salt. sauté 30 seconds more.
• 8 add tomatoes and cook for 1 minute.
• 9 add chicken broth, chicken, lime juice and cilantro. stir and simmer until chicken is heated through.
• 10 ladle soup over tortilla chips and avocado.