Inside: Find out how to make the most delicious chicken tortilla soup you will try. It is easy and a hit with crowds that are large and small.
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One of my mom’s favorite foods is definitely soup, and she is always happy to make some every time that she comes to visit us. In the central part of Mexico, chicken tortilla soup is very popular. That is especially true when served with recently fried tortilla strips.
What are some Chicken Tortilla Soup varieties?
There are a few different popular tortilla soup variations. For example, you can add beans and it becomes “Tarasca” soup, or if you omit the chicken it is called “Azteca” soup.
Today, however, I am going to share my recipe for the traditional Chicken Tortilla Soup. It is perfect for cold, rainy days – but if you are like me, you will like it year-round.
How Do You Make Chicken Tortilla Soup?
Chicken Tortilla Soup is very easy to make and you can prepare it from start to finish in under thirty minutes. The secret to making this soup even better is making sure that the tortilla strips are still perfectly crunchy when it is time to serve the soup.
You can achieve this by frying to tortilla strips right at the end and adding them to the bottom of the bowl right before pouring in the soup.
Although there are different ways to make this soup, almost every version starts with a similar base of fresh ingredients and that is why it is one of my favorite recipes!
You start out by roasting the tomatoes on a hot stove, along with the onion and cloves of garlic. Next, you blend it together with ancho chilies and chicken stock.
I always get excited when I see tortilla soup on a menu at restaurants here in the United States. Unfortunately, I haven’t found any that have that authentic Mexican taste, which is why I usually end up making my own version at home.
The last step after making the soup is to fry the tortilla strips and add all of the toppings. I am positive that you will love this version and I hope that you will try it soon!
Check Out These Other Great Authentic Mexican Dishes
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- Mexican Pozole Recipe
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- Authentic Mole De Olla Recipe (Mexican Beef Soup)
- Barbacoa Tacos
Authentic Mexican Chicken Tortilla Soup
Ingredients
For the Soup
- 4 Roma Tomatoes roasted
- 2 Cloves of Garlic roasted
- 1/4 Onion roasted
- 1 Large Ancho Chili boiled and de-seeded.
- 5 Cups of Chicken Stock
- Cilantro
- Salt and Pepper
Garnishments
- Avocado cubed
- 1-2 Chicken Breast depending on how much chicken you want in the soup
- Freshly fried tortilla strips
- Lime
- Queso Fresco or other type of cheese
- Crema Table cream
Instructions
- Boil the chicken, then shred it and set aside the water to use as the chicken stock (you can use canned chicken stock if you prefer).
- Blend together the roasted tomatoes, garlic cloves, onion and ancho chili.
- Add the above mixture to the chicken stock with a small amount of olive oil and bring to a boil.
- Let simmer for 25 minutes.
- While the soup is simmering, fry the tortilla strips and set aside.
- Add the tortilla strips and the shredded chicken to the bowl and then add the soup.
- Garnish with the avocado, crema, cheese, chopped cilantro, and lime.
Racquel Clark
Saturday 12th of December 2020
The recipe is great and loved it! Thank you! I would recommend a small edit for clarification. Calling for an ancho Chile is a little vague since an ancho is a dried plablano. I would edit to say either a “dried ancho” and give info on how to rehydrate and use or stick with roasting a fresh, green plablano.
sharon
Sunday 22nd of November 2020
Should the skin be removed from the ancho chili along with the seeds before it's added to the soup? Thank you.
Kristen
Saturday 24th of October 2020
So delicious! I'm in Germany, so I had to substitute the ancho for a different dried pepper, but all worked out. Definitely the best tortilla soup recipe I've found. Roasting the ingredients made all the difference. Thank you!
Mary Ann
Monday 28th of September 2020
Delicious and relatively easy to make. Thank you!
Sade
Monday 28th of September 2020
How much chicken does the recipe call for?
Charbel Barker
Monday 28th of September 2020
Hi Sade, I usually cook 1 chicken breast and then shred it, but you can use more if you prefer more chicken. I will update the recipe. Thanks!