Best 5 Tortilla Soup With Avocado Recipes

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Tortilla soup is a traditional Mexican dish that is made with a broth, tomatoes, chiles, beans, and corn. It is often served with tortilla strips, avocado, onion, and cilantro. This delicious and hearty soup is perfect for a cold day or as a quick and easy weeknight meal. There are many different recipes for tortilla soup, so you can find one that suits your taste. Some recipes call for chicken or beef broth, while others use vegetable broth. Some recipes include cheese or sour cream, while others do not. And, of course, the heat level can be adjusted to your liking. No matter how you make it, tortilla soup is a delicious and satisfying meal that is sure to please everyone at your table.

Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!

VEGETARIAN TORTILLA SOUP WITH AVOCADO



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One thing I've missed in the years of my being vegetarian is the delicious tortilla soup a local Mexican restaurant makes. I've finally mastered my vegetarian version, that can easily be vegan if the cheese isn't added at the end. My omnivore boyfriend thinks it's divine! Black beans can be added for extra protein.

Provided by april

Categories     Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes     Soup Recipes     Tortilla Soup Recipes

Time 1h

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 17

3 flour tortillas, cut into strips
cooking spray
1 tablespoon peanut oil, or as needed
1 ½ cups chopped onion
¼ cup chopped red bell peppers
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 (14.5 ounce) can stewed tomatoes with juice, chopped
2 cups diced zucchini
2 cups frozen sweet corn
½ cup diced mushrooms
5 cups vegetable broth
¾ tablespoon chili powder
1 ½ teaspoons hot pepper sauce
salt and ground black pepper to taste
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 avocado - peeled, pitted, and sliced
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  • Arrange tortilla strips on a baking sheet and lightly with cooking spray.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until golden and crispy, 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Heat peanut oil in a stockpot over medium-high heat; saute onion, red bell pepper, and garlic until onion is translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Add tomatoes with juice, zucchini, corn, and mushrooms; saute until zucchini is slightly softened, 3 to 4 minutes.
  • Mix vegetable broth, chili powder, hot sauce, salt, and pepper into vegetable mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer soup until vegetables are tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Stir cilantro into soup and remove stockpot from heat.
  • Ladle soup into serving bowls; top with tortilla strips, avocado slices, and Monterey Jack cheese.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 259 calories, Carbohydrate 32.2 g, Cholesterol 12.6 mg, Fat 12 g, Fiber 5.7 g, Protein 8.9 g, SaturatedFat 3.9 g, Sodium 621.1 mg, Sugar 7.4 g

CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP WITH AVOCADO



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Chicken tortilla soup with avocado is a dish from the Southwest that, typical to Southwestern cuisine, uses Mexican ingredients. Avocado is not always added, but it adds a fresh, creamy element to complement the soup's usually spicy broth and crisp tortilla strips. This dish can also be stewed for a few hours on low in a Crock-Pot to help develop the flavors. It's a hearty soup that can serve as a full meal instead of just a starter.

Provided by By The Lake

Categories     Low Cholesterol

Time 45m

Yield 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 18

2 chicken breasts
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 chopped onion
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 cup frozen corn
1/2 cup chopped green chili
2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
salt and pepper
2 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth
2 cups peeled chopped tomatoes (if using canned, do not drain)
1 bay leaf
1 lime
6 corn tortillas, almost stale
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 ripe avocado
1/2 cup shredded monterey jack cheese (optional)

Steps:

  • Saute the chicken breasts on both sides in a skillet until cooked. Let the chicken cool and then shred it.
  • Pour the olive oil into a large soup pot and saute the onion for a few minutes.
  • Stir in the garlic, chicken, corn, green chilies, cilantro, cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper, and cook for a few minutes.
  • Stir in the broth, tomatoes, bay leaf and lime juice. Bring the soup to a boil and simmer on low for 30 minutes.
  • Prepare tortilla strips while the soup is cooking. Older tortillas will dry out more quickly and remain crisper in the soup. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly spray or brush both sides of the tortillas with vegetable oil. Slice them into thin strips. Spread the strips across a cookie sheet, and bake them for about 10 minutes until they're all crispy, stirring halfway through cooking time.
  • Serve the soup in bowls, discarding the bay leaf. Peel, pit and chop the avocado, and sprinkle it into the soup along with the tortilla strips and cheese. Alternatively, place the tortilla strips in the bowl first and serve the soup over them.
  • TIPS & WARNINGS: If you have only fresh tortillas, you may need to bake them in the oven longer. Alternatively, you can deep fry both older tortilla strips and fresh tortillas strips that have been dried out in the oven. Drain the fried strips on paper towels before adding to the soup.

CHICKEN TORTILLA SOUP WITH AVOCADO



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This is a smokey tortilla soup! You can keep the seeds in if you enjoy the heat. Adding more Adobe sauce will give it more smokiness and flavor. So cook to your taste buds.

Provided by Rita1652

Categories     Lunch/Snacks

Time 20m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

2 tablespoons water
1 small onion, fine diced
1/2 celery, fine diced
2 cups low-sodium low-fat chicken broth
1/2 cup diced cooked chicken breast
1 chipotle chile in adobo, seeded and diced
4 corn tortillas, cut into 1-inch pieces
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1/4 cup shredded monterey jack cheese
1 large avocado, diced

Steps:

  • Heat a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the water, onion, and celery and cook until slightly tender, about 3 minutes.
  • Add the chicken stock, chicken breast, and chipotle, bring to a boil.
  • Add the tortillas and cilantro. Stir to mix. Ladle into 4 bowls, sprinkle with cheese and top with equal amounts of avocado.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 217.9, Fat 13.1, SaturatedFat 3.1, Cholesterol 21, Sodium 70.4, Carbohydrate 17.9, Fiber 5.9, Sugar 1.5, Protein 9.7

AUNT KATHY'S TORTILLA SOUP



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This is now a favorite in my husband's family in Canada after my aunt sent it with me when I moved up from California. We make this with whatever broth is abundant. Garnish with Mexican cheese blend, sour cream, salsa, and sliced avocado. This soup is an especially tasty way to use up the turkey after holidays! It freezes well, too!

Provided by Melissa S.

Categories     Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes     Soup Recipes

Time 1h15m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 whole whole cooked chicken, de-boned and meat cubed
4 cups chicken broth
2 cups beef broth
1 (14.5 ounce) can stewed tomatoes, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 pinch chili powder, or to taste
1 (6 inch) corn tortillas, torn, or more to taste

Steps:

  • Combine chicken meat, chicken broth, beef broth, tomatoes, onion, green chiles, oil, cumin, garlic, and chili powder together in a stockpot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until flavors have blended, at least 1 hour. Add tortillas just before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 368.1 calories, Carbohydrate 9 g, Cholesterol 130.3 mg, Fat 16.6 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 44 g, SaturatedFat 3.9 g, Sodium 1082.3 mg, Sugar 4 g

TORTILLA SOUP WITH CRISP TORTILLAS AND AVOCADO RELISH



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Provided by Robert del Grande

Categories     Soup/Stew     Garlic     Herb     Onion     Tomato     Steak     Avocado     Hot Pepper     Red Wine     Fall     Tortillas     Gourmet

Yield Makes about 9 cups

Number Of Ingredients 23

For tortilla soup
1/2 white onion
1 pound plum tomatoes
6 peeled garlic cloves
2 [dried] guajillo chilies* (about 1 ounce)
2 [dried] ancho chilies* (about 1 ounce)
ten 5- to 6-inch white corn tortillas
about 2 cups peanut or vegetable oil for deep-frying
8 cups chicken stock*
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, crumbled
1 teaspoon coarse salt
For avocado relish
2 ripe California avocados
1 small vine-ripened tomato
2/3 cup finely chopped white onion (about 1/2 onion)
1 to 2 fresh serrano chilies
2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander sprigs
2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon coarse salt
1/2 teaspoon coarsely crushed black peppercorns
8 fresh coriander sprigs
Garnish: lime wedges
*available at Latino markets, specialty foods shops, and some supermarkets

Steps:

  • Make soup:
  • Preheat broiler.
  • Coarsely chop onion. In a well-seasoned 9-inch cast-iron or other heavy ovenproof skillet arrange onion, tomatoes, and garlic in one layer and broil about 2 inches from heat, turning vegetables occasionally with tongs, until tomato skins are blistered and lightly charred, about 20 minutes. Cool vegetables.
  • While vegetables are broiling, remove stems, seeds, and ribs from chilies (wear rubber gloves). Heat a dry griddle or heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking and toast chilies, 1 or 2 at a time, pressing down with tongs, a few seconds on each side, or until more pliable. Transfer chilies as toasted to a bowl. Cover chilies with hot water and soak about 20 minutes, or until soft.
  • Drain chilies, discarding soaking liquid, and in a blender purée with vegetable mixture until smooth.
  • Cut 6 tortillas into quarters and cut remaining 4 tortillas into 1/4-inch-wide strips. In cleaned 9-inch skillet heat 1/2 inch oil until a deep-fat thermometer registers 375°F. and fry tortilla quarters in 3 batches, turning them, until crisp and pale golden, 30 seconds to 1 minute. With a slotted spoon transfer quarters as fried to paper towels to drain.
  • Fry tortilla strips in 2 batches in same manner, transferring with tongs to paper towels to drain and keeping them separate from fried tortilla quarters. In a plastic bag with a rolling pin finely crush tortilla quarters.
  • In a 5-quart heavy kettle bring stock and chili pur e to a boil, stirring. Stir in crushed tortillas, oregano, and salt and simmer, uncovered, whisking occasionally, until tortillas are soft and soup is slightly thickened, 30 to 45 minutes. If necessary, season soup with salt and pepper.
  • Make relish while soup is simmering:
  • Quarter avocados, removing pits, and peel. Cut avocados into 1/4-inch dice and finely chop tomato. Wearing rubber gloves, finely chop chilies, including seeds if desired. In a bowl gently stir together avocados, tomato, onion, chilies, and remaining relish ingredients until combined well.
  • Divide relish, fried tortilla strips, and coriander among 8 soup plates and ladle soup over mixture. Garnish soup with lime wedges.

Tips:

  • To achieve the best flavor, use ripe, juicy tomatoes and fresh cilantro.
  • For a smokier flavor, roast the tomatoes and poblano peppers before adding them to the soup.
  • If you prefer a creamier soup, blend a portion of the soup until smooth and then stir it back into the pot.
  • Add some shredded chicken or crumbled queso fresco for extra protein and flavor.
  • Serve the soup with a dollop of sour cream, a sprinkle of chopped cilantro, and a wedge of lime for a finishing touch.

Conclusion:

Tortilla soup is a delicious and versatile dish that can be enjoyed as a starter, main course, or snack. It is a great way to use up leftover tortillas and vegetables, and it can be easily adapted to your own tastes. Whether you like it mild or spicy, creamy or chunky, this soup is sure to please everyone at the table. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy meal, give this tortilla soup recipe a try.

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