Santa Fe Tastic Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipes

SANTA FE-TASTIC CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a grill pan to high and a soup pot to medium high.
• Drizzle oil on corn and place on grill. Add red pepper to grill with corn. Char vegetables 10 minutes, total, turning occasionally. Remove to cool, 5 minutes.
• Remove charred skin from the pepper.
• While vegetables cook, dice chicken. Add 2 tablespoons oil to hot soup pot. Add chicken to pot. Season with poultry seasoning, cumin, salt and pepper. Lightly brown chicken on each side. Add zucchini, onions and garlic and chipotle peppers. Cook vegetables with chicken 5 to 7 minutes to soften. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce and stock.
• Bring soup to a bubble, reduce heat to medium low.
• Scrape corn off cob and add to soup.
• Chop grilled red pepper and stir into soup.
• Can simmer for about an hour or serve right away. This just gets better with time.
• Add chips to soup in handfuls and stir.
• Serve soup immediately with scatter of shredded cheese and a dollop of sour cream.
• Top with any or all of the suggested garnishes. Best with big chunks of avacado.

WHY-THE-CHICKEN-CROSSED-THE-ROAD SANTA FE-TASTIC TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Vegetable or corn oil, for drizzling, plus 2 tablespoons (2 turns of the pot in a slow stream).
• Heat a grill pan to high and a soup pot to medium high. Drizzle oil on corn and place on grill. Add red pepper to grill with corn. Char vegetables 10 minutes, total, turning occasionally. Remove to cool, 5 minutes. Remove charred skin from the pepper.
• While vegetables cook, dice chicken. Add 2 tablespoons oil to hot soup pot. Add chicken to pot. Season with poultry seasoning, cumin, salt and pepper. Lightly brown chicken on each side. Add onions and garlic and chipotle peppers. Cook vegetables with chicken 5 to 7 minutes to soften. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce and stock. Bring soup to a bubble, reduce heat to medium low.
• Scrape corn off cob and add to soup. Chop grilled red pepper and stir into soup. Add chips to soup in handfuls and fold together.
• Serve soup immediately with scatter of shredded cheese and a dollop of sour cream. Top with any or all of the suggested garnishes.

SANTA FE CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a Dutch oven and add the chicken.
• Season with the poultry seasoning, cumin, salt and pepper.
• Lightly brown the chicken.
• Add the zucchini, onion, garlic and chipotle pepper.
• Cook the vegetables with the chicken 5 to 7 minutes to soften.
• Add the tomatoes, tomato sauce and stock.
• Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium-low.
• Simmer for 20 minutes.
• Add the corn and roasted red pepper to the soup and heat through.
• At this point, you can stir the crushed tortilla chips into the soup but I prefer to divide them between the soup dishes and ladle the hot soup over them.
• Garnish each serving with a dollop of sour cream and a generous sprinkle of cheese.