Tortilla Soup

This smoky chicken tortilla soup is loaded with shredded chicken, beans, corn, and crispy tortilla strips. A hearty Mexican soup that tastes like it came from a restaurant.

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Tortilla soup is one of those recipes that feels like comfort food but still has a ton of flavor. It’s smoky, a little spicy, hearty, and loaded with shredded chicken, beans, corn, and crispy tortilla strips that soak up the broth.

The key to a really good tortilla soup is building flavor in layers. Browning the onions, toasting the spices, and adding a little chipotle pepper gives the broth a deep smoky flavor that makes this taste like restaurant tortilla soup instead of just tomato soup with chicken in it.

Then you finish everything with lime juice, cheese, avocado, cilantro, and crispy tortilla strips, and it turns into a full meal in a bowl.

This is also one of those soups that tastes even better the next day, so it’s perfect to make ahead for the week.

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• 1/3 cup vegetable oil