This Healthy Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe is delicious, hearty, rustic and just perfect anytime.  Made with chicken, poblano peppers, jalapenos, garlic, potatoes, corn, cilantro, topped with avocado and tortilla strips.  Awesomely, total comfort food.

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Healthy Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe

We all enjoy a warm comforting chicken soup, don’t we?  When the weather is cold outside and it starts to turn into that time of the year where the leaves are falling and the air is thinner and crisper, I especially enjoy chicken soups.  This Healthy Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe is tasty, rustic and makes a great comfort soup.

With just a few ingredients and a few steps, you will have a super soup that tastes better the next day.

The base of the soup is of course the chicken but what makes it that beautiful hearty green color (yes green soup!) is the infamous cilantro in Mexican cooking.

If you’re not a lover of cilantro, this soup may not be for you, but if you are then you will once again join the ranks of cilantro lovers with this Healthy Chicken Tortilla Soup.

Another infamous ingredient in this fabulous comfy soup, is the poblano pepper.  Poblano peppers add a unique richness to Mexican cooking that a regular bell pepper just doesn’t and can’t provide.

Normally you would have to roast a poblano pepper to use in dishes such as my poblano bean dip and cheesy chicken poblano panecillos….but here with this healthy chicken tortilla soup recipe, it’s not a concern.  With this soup, you stir fry the poblano pepper (as is), the onion, jalapeño and garlic and transfer all to a blender or a chopper.  Set aside for a few minutes and wait for this delicious chicken soup transformation to come together.

You can use dark or white chicken meat for this soup.  I used two chicken breasts.  Whichever you decide to use, boil for 15 minutes.  Let them cool for a few minutes.  Used two forks to shred.  Done!

From this point on my foodie friends, you have 2 more steps and you end up with a fabulous, rich and hearty, tasty chicken soup.

So here’s to a Healthy Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe ????

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Healthy Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe

Prep Time

20 mins

Cook Time

25 mins

Total Time

45 mins

 

This Healthy Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe is delicious, hearty, rustic and just perfect anytime.  Made with chicken, poblano peppers, jalapenos, garlic, potatoes, corn, cilantro, topped with avocado and tortilla strips.  Awesomely, total comfort food

Course: Appetizer, Main Course, Soup

Cuisine: Mexican

Servings: 6

Calories: 200 kcal

Author: Mexican Appetizers and More

Ingredients

• 2 chicken breasts boiled and shredded
• 1 large poblano stemmed, seeds removed and chopped
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 serrano or jalapeño chopped
• 5 garlic cloves
• 6 Cups chicken stock
• 2-4 potatoes peeled and cubed
• 1 can of corn drained
• 1 bunch fresh cilantro
• 1 1/2 Teaspoons cumin
• salt and pepper
• corn tortillas
• 1 lime
• 1-2 tablespoon avocados cut in half, remove pit and cube
• oil

Instructions

1. Boil chicken breasts for 15 minutes. Let cool for a few minutes.

   
   

   Shred chicken with two forks.
   

   
   

   
   

2. In a large pot over medium high heat add chopped poblano pepper and onion. Cook for a few minutes or until onion is translucent.

   
   

   Add jalapeno or serrano pepper and minced garlic. Cook for 2 minutes.
   

   
   

   
   

3. Transfer mixture to a blender.  Set aside.

   
   

   
   

For the Soup Part 1

1. Add 5 cups of the chicken stock to the pot and add the chicken, cubed potatoes and corn. Simmer for 20-25 or until the potatoes are fork tender.

   
   

   
   

For Tortilla Strips

1. Cut a few corn tortillas into strips.
2. Add a few drops of oil to a skillet over medium heat. Fry tortilla strips for a few seconds and drain on paper towels. Set aside.

   
   

   
   

For the Soup Part 2

1. Add one cup of the chicken stock, the cilantro and lime juice to the blender with the pepper, onion and garlic mixture. Blend all until smooth.

   
   

   
   

2. Add mixture to the pot of soup and stir all together. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Cook for another 5 minutes.

   
   

   
   

3. Serve soup and garnish with tortilla strips and avocado cubes.

   
   

   Enjoy!
   

Nutrition Facts

Healthy Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 200

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

For another delicious chicken tortilla soup, try this Chicken Tortilla Soup with Black Beans and Zucchini by The Little Kitchen.