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Chicken Tortilla Soup

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Course: Dinner, Mexican, Soup
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: chicken, Mexican, soup
Servings: 8
Author: Adapted from NY Times Cooking

Equipment

  • Blender
  • Dutch oven

Ingredients

Soup

  • 6 cups chicken stock
  • 6 cups water
  • lbs chicken thighs boneless, skinless
  • 1 large onion
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 3 tbsp chipotles in adobo
  • ½ cup fresh cilantro
  • 12 tortilla chips
  • kosher salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 large can black beans drained and rinsed (optional)

For Serving

  • 1 avocado chopped
  • ¼ cup cilantro minced
  • sour cream

Instructions

Soup

  • Combine chicken stock, water, chicken thighs, onion and garlic in a dutch oven or other heavy stock pot. Add salt and pepper to taste. Simmer over medium heat until thighs are tender and shredable, approximately 45 minutes.
  • Remove chicken and shred. Set aside
  • Skim out solids and place in blender with cilantro, chiles in adobo and tortilla chips. Add enough stock to half fill blender jar. Blend until completely smooth.
  • Add shredded chicken, black beans and blended mixture to stock in pot and simmer to combine flavors, approx 15 minutes.
  • Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper as desired.
  • Serve with avocado, cilantro, sour cream and additional tortilla chips if desired.