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Tortilla Soup Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Squirrel_nut / All my dishes 1 year, 10 months ago Delicious tortilla soup recipe. very impressive flavors that will have you making it again and again. Prep:45m Cook:60m Servings:8	Squirrel_nu
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Ingredients

*Salsa Fresca*

1.5 lb Tomatoes - cored, seeded and cut into 1/2in chunks

1/4 cup White Onion - finely chopped

1/4 cup Cilantro - chopped

1 Jalapeno pepper - seeded, deveined and finely chopped

3 Tbs Lime Juice - fresh

Salt & Pepper to taste

*Tortilla Soup*

1 sm White Onion - chopped

1 tsp Garlic - chopped

1/2 tsp Oregano

4 Peppercorns

2 Chitepin (aka. Chilipiquin) peppers

2 Tbs Olive Oil

2 qts Chicken Stock - good quality

1 Bay Leaf

Corn Oil for frying

4 Corn Tortillas - cut into strips

1 Avacado - sliced thin

1/4 cup Monterey Jack Cheese

1 Lime - cut into 8 wedges

Directions

*Salsa Fresca*

mix all the salsa ingredients together and let stand for atleast 30min before using.

puree 1.5 cups of the salsa, but not all.

*Soup*

in a large sauce pan, heat the oil and saute the onion until soft.

add the stock, garlic, bay leaf, oregano, peppercorns and Chilipiquin. simmer for 1 hr.

add the pureed salsa and mix briefly. remove from heat

season with salt/pepper to taste.

*Tortillas*

fill 2in of sauce pan with corn oil. heat to 375deg - if you drop a tortilla in there, it should sizzle.

fry tortillas until golden brown and crisp.

to serve, divide tortillas into wide soup bowls.

add 2-3 slices of avacado, a lime wedge and some grated cheese to each bowl.

pour in the hot soup. add a dollop of salsa and serve immediately.

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Comments

jenniferbyrdez 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Very nice.

lunasea 1 year, 10 months ago said:
I'm saving this to try soon. I love the flavors here and this is my kind of food. Great post - thanks! I will let you know what I think.

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