tortilla soup

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Kalinda's recipe:

1 pound shredded, cooked chicken
1 (15 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, mashed (I USE ROTEL)
1 (10 ounce) can enchilada sauce
1 medium onion, chopped
1 medium bell pepper chopped
1 (4 ounce) can chopped adobo chiles, not the sauce (or, use the sauce and skip enchilada, but spicier this way)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 large 4 cups Beef broth (low sodium)
1 large 4 cups chicken broth (low sodium)
1 teaspoon cumin
1 tablespoon chicken broth powder or a bullion cube
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon ground bay leaves
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
1 teaspoon salt (I omit for a low salt)
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon chopped cilantro/tortilla chips/cheese/sour cream/avocado/radishes/dried oregano (ALL FOR TOPPINGS)

Take all veggies, sautee them w/ a splash of olive oil.
once onions starting to be translucent, add garlic and sprinkle all with spices, stir around, let sit.
Add can of chopped tomatoes, stir in, simmer/sautee
Once starting to barely brown, scrape the brown bits (flavor) and then deglaze pan with broths (I don't always use all the broth) **I use a dutch oven for soups since you can 1. use an emulsifier and 2. the flavoring that happens in them
Scrape all the bits and raise heat to get to a low boil
Add couple "pours" of enchiladas sauce, the chopped adobos, bring to boil and once boiling, cover and simmer for 20-60 min, let it all combine
Add chicken and choice of toppings.
IT MAKES ENOUGH FOR AN ARMY

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Making this tonight. Made some modifications beacuse I did not have chili powder or ground bay leaves and forgot to get adobo chiles. Whoops.

Added:

• 3 diced jalapeños added to veggies

Modified:

• replaced 2 cloves garlic, minced with 2 ts (pre-)chopped garlic
• replaced 1 teaspoon chili powder with 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper, 1/4 tsp paprika based on this.
• replaced chopped adobo chiles with 6 dried chile de arbol (added when simmering)

Omitted:

• ground bay leaves

For the chicken, I used a whole roasted chicken from HEB. Got as much meat out of it as possible, discarded the skin.

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Results

Very pleased. I think I will omit the salt next time since adding chips takes care of that. Flavor is really good as is the heat. Will add this to the database real soon.