In this recipe you can also feel free to add in more vegetables you like such as corn, or beans. Or you can put meat in such as shredded chicken which is what I did, or some pork. I personally put shredded chicken in mine, and I'll share what I did, but you can adjust when needed.
Ingredients for Broth:
- 6 Roma tomatoes
- 1/2 white onion cut into 2
- 1 garlic glove
- 1 liter and 1 cup of water
- 1 bouillon chicken cube
- 1 jalapeno pepper
- oregano
- oil
- 2 tortillas
- Directions:
- 1. On the stove top begin by placing the tomatoes with the stem top down on some medium to high heat. Keep cooking until they begin to blacken and brown on the bottom. When the bottoms are cooked flip them on their sides, and let that brown + blacken so the full tomatoes is toasted and smokey. Along with the tomatoes you also need to take the two onion slices and place them in the pan as well and make sure both sides toast until they begin to have a touch of black. when their cooking remember that the onions will be done first so just keep them on a plate.
- 2.Well the tomatoes and onion are toasting slice up your pepper into small rounds, and remove the seeds. Then take the pepper and place onto a small skillet with some oil, when they are cooked place onto a paper towel. Using the same skillet and oil place the tortillas in one at a time into the hot oil coat and fry them in the oil.
- 3.Now that you have all your components put the cooked tomatoes, onion, pepper, tortillas, garlic clove, the bouillon cube, and the 1 cup of water and about an 8th of the liter into the blender. Mix up the ingredients until they form a smooth broth.
- 4.Taking a big soup pan put some oil in the bottom and heat up, then turn off the heat for 5 minutes so it can flavor the pot. After the 5 min put in the tomato broth and use the rest of the water to rinse out the extra broth in the blender and put that into the pan as well. Turn the heat back on low to medium add some cracked pepper then cover the pot till bubbling.
- 5. When the soup is bubbling taste to see if it needs any more chicken flavor and add if necessary. You also will put in a fresh oregano stem and leaf for flavor, then turn the burner on low and let it simmer and heat all the way through until ready to eat.
- 6. When ready to eat remove the oregano then put the soup in a bowl and top with tortilla strips, cheese, avocado, extra pepper, sour cream, or other toppings you please.
- Shredded Chicken: 1. Taking about a 1 lb of chicken breasts season with salt and pepper then place into a heated pan with olive oil and cook for 5 min. When 5 min pass flip the chicken add 3/4 cup of water cover and simmer on medium heat for 7-10 min or until cooked all the way through.
- 2. When the chicken is cooked put in a bowl let cool, and then shred. When shredded place into the broth after it has bubbled and is simmering with the oregano. Let the chicken sit in the soup so it can enhance in flavor and soften even more.
- Homemade Tortilla Strips: To make the fresh tortilla strips cut a pack of fresh tortillas into thin strips. Then coat a pan in oil and turn onto high heat. To know if the oil is hot enough put one strip into the oil and wait till it begins to bubble around it. Taking the rest of the chopped tortillas place into the heated oil. Coat in the oil all the way and wait until they begin to harden and crunch. When their ready place unto a paper towel to cool, and use when eating your soup.
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