Mexican Chicken Tortilla Soup
AUTHENTIC Mexican Chicken Tortilla Soup! This easy to make tortilla soup is made with chicken, crushed tomatoes, hominy, black beans, corn and more!
I love tortilla soup – love, love love.
I used to get tortilla soup all the time from a local Mexican restaurant but one day I got some near closing time and it was a big disappointment It was like they gave me the entire bottom of the pot that was sitting all day long with every ingredient soggy. I was very upset. That night I told myself I would match their tortilla soup with my own. I would set up a table outside their restaurant serving small cups of my own soup and compare it to theirs.
The neighborhood would love mine. They would put me on their shoulders, parading me down the streets while chanting “tortilla soup, tortilla soup!”. Well one of those things came true, I came up with a tortilla soup recipe that (dare I say) is better than theirs. *High Fives*
You want to use quality crushed tomatoes in this recipe. Since the base is tomatoes, it’s important you get it right. I recommend using San Marzano crushed tomatoes. They are usually on the pricier side for crushed tomatoes, but they’re well worth it. I could just eat these tomatoes out of the can.
I used to not be familiar with hominy but since I found it was the secret ingredient in tortilla soup I’m obsessed. Hominy is made from whole corn kernels and is often used in grits and making masa flour (ground). But for this soup we’re using them whole! It’s also great in thick salsas and chili recipes too. I can eat this with a spoon too, which I totally admit to doing.
Chopped green chilies are a key ingredient to adding a little bit of spice to this soup. If you can only find the whole ones in your supermarket, that’s totally ok. Just chop them up before throwing them in the soup. Also, I never drain these. The juice is great in the soup too!
And what you’re left with is some of the best tasting Chicken Tortilla Soup! Grab a bowl and be ready to come back for seconds!
Enjoy!
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Mexican Chicken Tortilla Soup
AUTHENTIC Mexican Chicken Tortilla Soup! This easy to make tortilla soup is made with chicken, crushed tomatoes, hominy, black beans, corn and more!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
- 10 oz chicken broth
- 1 cup water
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 pound cooked boneless chicken breast - cut into bite size pieces
- 1 15 oz can of white hominy
- 1 15 oz can of black beans rinsed/drained
- 1 cup yellow corn kernels cooked
- 1 4 oz can of chopped green chilies
- 3 cubes frozen cilantro or 1/2 cup chopped fresh
Optional
- Sliced Avocado
- Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- Crushed Tortilla Chips
Instructions
- Heat vegetable oil over medium heat.
- Saute in minced garlic until slightly brown.
- Stir in crushed tomatoes, chicken broth, water, chili powder and oregano. Stir well.
- Bring to a boil, then simmer for 10 minutes.
- Stir in chicken, hominy, black beans, corn, chopped green chilies and cilantro. Stir well.
- Simmer for 15 minutes.
- Serve into bowls, serve with crushed tortilla chips, avocado slices and shredded cheese on
- top.
- Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Servings: 6-8
i have been eating soups on a weekly basis…and chicken noodle is getting a little boring. I will definitely have to try this one out.
This is hands down one of my favourite soups to make. Obviously, because it’s Mexican, but it’s really filling too.
What a delicious-looking soup! I’ve never cooked with hominy before, but might have to change that!
This soup looks delicious! This would be a great alternative to the packaged soups I eat for lunch!
Thanks so much for posting this Tortilla soup recipe, Pamela! I love love love Chicken Tortilla soup too – but have had a hard time getting it to taste as good as some of the restaurant ones I have had – looks like I skipped quite a few steps -AND ingredients!
I love chicken tortilla soup! Your version looks so scrumptious!
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Have a great week!
Oooohh, really love this soup. Outside of Pozole I haven’t used hominy, this is a great idea. That soup, every component looks amazing.
Oh man, I can just imagine the disappointment. I love that you you set out to recreate your own. It looks absolutely amazing and probably way better than that local restaurant!
Delicious, I’m a vegetarian and you still caught my attention with this recipe! Thanks for sharing!
This looks fabulous! I’m pinning this to my soup and Mexican food Pinterest board. Visiting form your link on BlogHer facebook!
YUM! This is one of my favorite soups and looks so easy to make. Pinning 🙂
YUM. I am pinning this to my soup board!
I LOVE that you included hominy! It’s a must for me in tortilla soup! This looks absolutely wonderful!
I’m definitely going to make this – looks delicious! I’ve never tried hominy (to my knowledge). Thanks for the recipe!
Love tortilla soup! I feel like a lot of recipes don’t include hominy which is sad, because I LOVE it! Looks so good Pamela!
Tortilla soup is one of my favorites, and I totally agree about adding San Marzano tomatoes — they’re the best! I never think to add hominy, and I really need to try that! 🙂
I’m making a vegetarian tortilla soup for dinner tomorrow! 🙂 This looks delicious. I love eating lighter soups when the weather starts to turn warmer.
I love tortilla soup. Boy Howdy I think you did a bang up job with this version.
Looks luscious!!!
Yum, this looks amazing!
Melanie @ meandmr.com
It’s awesome that you created your own better version of the soup. It looks wonderful, perfect “transition” weather soup. I really want to cook with some hominy now.
What fabulous flavors in this soup! I’ve never tried making tortilla soup at home and your version sounds delicious. I never knew about the hominy!
Love all kinds of soups and this looks so delicious! Need to try it very soon!
I have made tortilla soup many times, but have not used hominy. Will have to use it, next time I make it!
Love chicken tortilla soup. And hominy is da bomb, isn’t it? Yours looks great. Congrats!
Yum! This looks incredible!
Melanie @ meandmr.com
If I said this soup sounded A-MAAAAAZING I would clearly be understating the obvious awesomeness of this dish. It’s still pretty chilly over here in our part of the world (I know, totally surprising that Norway is definitely still nippy this time of year… at least by my warm blooded American standards) so a warm, spicy soup sounds like just the thing we need for dinner tonight!
I love tortilla soup! This looks so good, especially with all of that avocado on top. There’s still plenty of soup weather left. 🙂
I was talking with a mate last night about Mexican foods, we are thinking of throwing a Mexican Fiesta with traditional foods. Not sure if what we call Mexican in Australia is the real deal or not? Anways, this sounds amaze, gonna throw it into the mix and see how it goes down. Thanks lovely. 🙂
Oh my…love love tortilla soup too. Haven’t made it in a long time. Your version looks absolutely good Pamela.
Pinning.
I haves soup on the brain today too. Looks delish!
I could eat tortilla the whole day. This one looks yummy!
Ahhh this looks so delicious! I’ve been loving everything mexican these days and this looks like something I’ll definitely have to try. Thanks!
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