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Chicken Vegetable Tortilla Soup

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  • Brief Description

    Chicken Vegetable Tortilla Soup

  • Main Ingredient

    Chicken Breasts

  • Category:  Appetizers

  • Cuisine:  American

  • Prep Time:  25 min(s)

  • Cook Time:  40 min(s)

  • Recipe Type:  Public

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  • Tags:

    Family Make-Ahead Large groups

  • Notes:

    Can substitue fresh green poblano chile, roasted, peeled and diced for diced green bell pepper. While poblano chiles provide the best flavor, this does add another time consuming step and sadly, there's no shortcut.

  • Posted By:  charliecarr

  • Posted On:  Aug 20, 2014

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Ingredients:

  1. 1 tablespoons - Olive oil
  2. 1 whole - Onion
  3. 1 stalks - Celery
  4. 1/4 cups - Green bell pepper
  5. 1 cans - Salsa casera
  6. 5 cups - Shortcut Chicken Broth
  7. 2 whole - Chicken breasts
  8. 1/2 cups - Thawed frozen peas or diced, cooked carrots
  9. 1 1/2 tablespoons - Fresh chopped cilantro
  10. 1 whole - Small avocado
  11. 3 1/2 - Monterey Jack, pepper Jack or Oaxaca cheese
  12. 1 packages - Tortilla strips
  13. - Lime wedges

Directions:

Preheat oven to 200°F.
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion, celery and bell pepper and sauté until translucent. Add salsa and bring to a simmer. Stir in chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and add chicken, vegetables and cilantro. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Keep warm over low heat while heating the bowls.
Warm serving bowls in the oven. Place avocado, cheese and tortilla strips in each bowl. Add the soup and serve immediately with lime wedges.


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