Saturday, July 27, 2013

Crockpot Tortilla Soup!





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Here is a re-post of a family favorite!  It is sooo good!  As you can see from the picture, I added chopped fresh okra.  Feel free to add your favorite fresh vegetables or just follow the recipe.  You can't go wrong.  Have fun!



Ingredients:
1 carton (about 4 cups) of chicken broth
1 large can of diced tomatoes
1 cup of water
1 can of black beans
2 cups of frozen “peaches and cream” whole kernel corn
1 onion, chopped
2  to 3 bell peppers, chopped (I used red, yellow and orange)
3 large stalks of chopped celery
2 T. olive oil
5 to 6 chicken breasts, chopped into ½ inch chunks
2 t. chili powder
1 t. cumen
2 t. black pepper
½  to ¾ cup chopped hot pickled banana peppers
½ cup hot pickled banana pepper juice
6 flour tortillas
6 corn tortillas
Olive oil
Kosher salt
Toppings:
Chopped avocado
Sour Cream
Sharp Cheese

Instructions:
*Place chicken broth, diced tomatoes, water, beans and corn in a crock pot.  Turn on to begin heating up crock  (to 4 hour setting).
*Saute onion, bell pepper and celery in olive oil until softened a bit.
*Remove vegetables and place them in the crock pot.
*Saute chicken chunks in olive oil.  Place in crock pot.
*Add seasonings, banana peppers and banana pepper juice to crock pot.
*Cover and cook for 4 hours.
*Slice flour and corn tortillas into thin strips, toss with olive oil and salt and bake at 400 degrees until crispy.
*When soup is ready, serve by placing a serving of tortilla strips in the bottom of each serving bowl.  Then spoon soup over tortilla strips and put your favorite toppings on top of the soup.