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Tortilla Soup with a Poem

February 26, 2013 By Talya Tate Boerner

Tortilla Soup
You will love this tortilla soup! But first, a poem…
All night
I watch the skies.
Like an excited child
I imagine deep snowfall, soup
simmers.
snowfall

Chicken Tortilla Soup
(Gale Green’s recipe)

2 boxes (24 oz each) chicken broth
2 shredded chicken breasts (grilled or roasted)
2 cans Rotel
1 can whole kernel corn, drained
1 bunch chopped cilantro
salt and pepper to taste

Toppings
tortilla chips (the thinner & crispier the chips the better…)
avocado, diced
shredded cheese
sour cream

Add chicken broth, Rotel, corn, cilantro, salt and pepper to dutch oven and bring to a boil. Then simmer for 30 minutes. Add chicken and simmer for additional 30 minutes.
Add broken tortilla chips to bowl. Pour soup over chips to soften. Top with cheese, avocado and sour cream if desired.

Variations: Add rice and/or black beans.

Muy delicioso! Thanks Gale!

Update: I wrote this post in February 2013, after a big snowfall in Fayetteville. Thinking back, it may have been our last decent snowfall. This morning (3-21-2020), the sun is shining but we are all sheltering at home due to COVID-19. Soup makes things better. Stay safe everyone!

Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.

Filed Under: Food & Recipes Tagged With: simple things, Snow, soup recipes, tortilla soup, Winter

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Comments

  1. Gary Henderson says

    February 26, 2013 at 8:11 am

    No onions? No GARLIC? BLASPHEMY! 🙂

    I’ll be varying this. 🙂

    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      February 26, 2013 at 8:17 am

      I know! It is very very simple. Cilantro gives it the flavor. And the rotel I suppose. So simple and good. I don’t think tortilla soup traditionally has a garlic-y flavor…

    • Gary Henderson says

      February 26, 2013 at 8:19 am

      Mine will. 🙂

  2. Kathy says

    February 26, 2013 at 4:00 pm

    Sounds good and great poem!

    Kathy
    http://gigglingtruckerswife.blogspot.com

  3. Anonymous says

    February 26, 2013 at 4:17 pm

    smells good to me!

  4. TimH says

    February 26, 2013 at 8:28 pm

    YuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumYUM!!!…Great poem and thanks for the recipe! I can’t wait to try it!

  5. Dorothy Latimer Johnson says

    February 28, 2013 at 1:49 pm

    I copied the recipe and plan to try it! Good cinquain!

  6. Julie{isCocoandCocoa} says

    March 1, 2013 at 11:24 am

    Looks yummy! And what a pretty poem.
    Thanks for linking up! I hope you’ll come back next week.
    http://julieiscocoandcocoa.blogspot.com/

  7. Pristine says

    December 7, 2013 at 5:25 am

    Oh this looks yummy and it’s so easy. Will have to try it. Love soups in the winter

  8. Cara Kueck says

    December 7, 2013 at 6:57 am

    mmm I love Tortilla soup!

  9. Alvina Castro says

    December 7, 2013 at 10:12 am

    I have never ever had tortilla soup! This looks so good.

  10. Kathleen Uhran says

    December 8, 2013 at 7:06 am

    I LOVE tortilla soup and haven’t made it in so long! Love the simple ingredients in yours…Stay warm this Sunday!

  11. Barbara Tate says

    March 6, 2015 at 9:37 am

    Yum!

  12. Barbara Tate says

    March 21, 2020 at 10:16 am

    Love the poem, and the picture is the same view I see out my bedroom window right now. It is funny how life works.

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Hi! I'm Talya Tate Boerner. Writer, Reader, Arkansas Master Naturalist / Master Gardener, Author of

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