Tortilla Soup

From YavelWiki

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 medium onion diced
• 1/2 cup diced green pepper
• 1/2 cup diced red peppers
• A few tomatillos diced
• A few garlic cloves minced
• 1 jalapeno or other hot pepper minced or to taste
• About 2 cups diced tomatoes
• 4 cups chicken stock or use boxed chicken broth and don't add salt
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• Juice of 1/2 lime
• meat from 1/2 cooked chicken shredded
• Tortilla chips chopped
• Cilantro sliced
• Avocado sliced
• Scallions
• Crumbled cotija or french feta or shredded monterrey jack cheese
• Lime wedges

Steps

1. In a medium sized pot heat the olive oil over medium heat
2. Add the onion and peppers along with a good pinch of salt and cook stirring occasionally until beginning to soften.
3. Add the tomatillos garlic and jalapeno and continue to cook stirring occasionally for a few minutes longer.
4. Add the diced tomatoes and cook for a few minutes more.
5. Add the chicken stock, cilantro and salt.
6. Raise the heat to high and bring to a boil.
7. When the soup reaches a boil reduce the heat and simmer for five minutes.
8. Dissolve the cornstarch in a couple of tablespoons of water to make a slurry.
9. Pour the slurry into the pot in a slow stream stirring to mix it into the soup.
10. Raise the heat to high bring the soup to a boil once again for just a moment and then remove the soup from the heat.
11. Stir in lime juice.
12. Place a handful of shredded chicken and a handful of tortilla chips into each of four wide bowls.
13. Ladel some soup overtop.
14. Garnish generously with cilantro, avocado, scallions, cotija or jack cheese and lime wedges.