Cordúa's Chicken Tortilla Soup
We love this brand new recipe for Chicken Tortilla Soup from Cordúa! Keep some extra tortilla strips handy for snacking while you cook!
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 pounds chicken breast or use a whole chicken
- 2 large carrots diced
- 2 zucchinis diced
- 4 ears corn
- 3 tablespoons corn oil
- 2 1/2 cups of onion copped
- 1 1/2 teaspoon garlic minced
- 2 1/2 cup tomatoes diced
- 2 in canned chipotle peppersadobo sauce minced
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1 gallon chicken stock
- 2 tablespoons of lime juice
- 1 tablespoon of salt
- 2 avocados diced
- 1 cup La Vaquita® Queso Fresco
- Chopped cilantro
- Fried tortilla strips
Instructions
- Poach chicken breast in a large pot of salted water until just cooked through and chill in the refrigerator. Pull or shred chicken once cooled.
- Grill ears of corn on a medium high grill. Dice carrot and zucchini in large chunks.
- Heat the oil in a large pot and sauté the onion until starting to caramelize, then add the garlic and stir briefly.
- Add the tomatoes and chipotles. Stir for 1-2 minutes before adding the wine, stock, lime juice, salt and pepper.
- Add chopped carrots and cook for 10 minutes and then add zucchini and cook for an additional 10 minutes.
- Divide shredded chicken between bowls. Ladle soup over chicken, and top with diced avocado, tortilla strips, cilantro and La Vaquita® Queso Fresco.
Notes
This recipe is provided courtesy of Cordúa in Houston.
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