Soupa
This being sick business made me long for some soup. My usual destination for sickness fighting soup is Sam Woo's out in Irvine, but Jenn and I had already visited there once when we first started getting symptoms so I decided to ask my mother-in-law for her Chicken Tortilla Soup recipe instead. She found the recipe somewhere online and it's a fairly healthy fix for easy meals.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
1 or 2 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
Shredded Cheddar cheese
1 cup chopped Onion
2 Cloves minced Garlic
3 chopped Green Onions
2(12oz.) cans Diced Tomatoes
4 cups Chicken Broth
1/3 cup Salsa
1/2 Red Pepper, chopped
1/2 Green Pepper, chopped
4 Celery Stalks, chopped
1/3 cup Cilantro
1/2 tsp. Cumin
1/2 tsp. Chill Powder
1/2 tsp. Basil
- Boil the chicken breasts in water. Once cooked, cut it up and set aside.
- Add all ingredients in a pot until the vegetables are tender.
- In a bowl, break some tortilla chips at the bottom of the bowl and sprinkle the desired amount of cheese in. Pour the soup over the tortilla chips and cheese and serve.
I guess I still have to work on this one because it wasn't near as good as when she makes it. The soup was pretty good but seemed to be missing something. I'll have to make it once with her help sometime and see what I was doing wrong. Speaking of which, she is going to help me make an apple pie for Thanksgiving. Now that's good stuff!