How to Cook Delicious Lauren's Chicken Tortilla Soup

Lauren's Chicken Tortilla Soup. Tortilla Soup is a classically Mexican dish that has a tomato and broth base. Typically it is filled with vegetables and chicken, though pork or turkey can also be used in place of the chicken. It is the perfect recipe to make if you have a few stale corn tortillas.

This recipe is awfully tasty and will feed a crowd! Combine chicken, beans, tomatoes/chilis, lime juice, onion, garlic and spices in the slow cooker. In a traditional chicken tortilla soup, the broth is not so creamy and you add in corn tortillas to the actual soup so they disintegrate and add corn flavor. You can have Lauren's Chicken Tortilla Soup using 15 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Lauren's Chicken Tortilla Soup

1. You need 3 tbsp of butter.
2. Prepare 4 of chicken thighs (boneless skinless)= I boil mine.
3. You need 5-6 of garlic cloves (minced).
4. Prepare 1 of medium onion (chopped).
5. It's 2 tbsp of flour.
6. It's 14 oz of can chicken broth.
7. You need 4 cups of milk (I use Horizon organic 2%).
8. You need 1 cup of prepared salsa.
9. It's 1 (15 oz) of can black beans.
10. You need 1 (15 oz) of can corn.
11. It's 2 tbsp of cumin.
12. Prepare 1 (15 oz) of can cream of chicken soup.
13. Prepare 1 tsp of taco seasoning.
14. Prepare 1 tsp of oregano.
15. It's 1 packet of ranch seasoning mix.

I just added a few fried pieces of corn tortilla on top with some other toppings. Great recipe for Lauren's Chicken Tortilla Soup. This tortilla soup recipe has an intoxicating aroma when you make it. A homemade, easy Chicken and Dumplings recipe that is both comforting and tasty!

Lauren's Chicken Tortilla Soup instructions

1. Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and saute until softened..
2. Add the flour and stir well. Cooking for 1 more minute..
3. Add the broth and the milk..
4. Stir in the cream of chicken soup, salsa, chicken, beans, corn, cumin and oregano seasoning. ((I make my own salsa. So that's the prepared salsa I use.)) Add salt if needed..
5. Add tortilla strips, sour cream and shredded cheese. I use fritos and crush them up in a bag and add garlic powder to them..

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