Tortilla Soup with Chicken

Chicken Tortilla Soup

Ingredients:

One tablespoon olive oil

One handful of tortilla chips, crunched up

1 large onion, sliced

3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced

6-8 tomatoes, chopped

1 red pepper, chopped

1-3 jalapenos, seeded and chopped

1 poblano pepper, chopped

6 cups chicken broth/stock

1 rotisserie chicken, shredded, bones removed, etc

1 lime

Garnish ideas:

Shredded Cheese

Avocado

Sour Cream

Cilantro

Tortilla Chips

Instructions:

On medium heat, saute onions, garlic, and red pepper in oil about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, other peppers, and handful of chips. Cook for 5 more minutes. Add broth and bring to a boil. Simmer for 15 minutes.

Cool slightly. 

Using an immersion blender or upright blender, puree the mixture until smooth. Return to medium heat, stir in chicken and heat through.

Squeeze lime over the soup and stir.

Serve and garnish as you like.

Edit: February 2013
Some Pictures. As you might be able to see, we have been just adding whatever peppers we could find that looked good, and regular stemmed tomatoes instead of the canned stuff (about 10 or so). Still one of our favorites!

Peppers, onion, garlic. Sauteing in olive oil.

With tomatoes added.

With broth and chips added.

With chicken. Nearly done!

With fixings (chips are crushed up on the bottom of the bowl). YUM.