lunch · chicken
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Spiced broth with shredded chicken, tomato, and crispy tortilla strips.
10
Serves
30–60m
Prep
$3.64
Per person
Scale to
10
Ingredients
- Chicken thighsmeat/protein2.5 lb$11.25
- Crushed tomatoes (can)pantry3 can$6.00
- Chicken brothpantry7.5 cup$3.00
- Black beans (can)pantry2 can$2.40
- Frozen cornproduce2.5 cup$1.00
- Yellow onionproduce2 onion$2.00
- Corn tortillaspantry20 tortilla$4.00
- Cuminspices5 tsp$0.25
- Limeproduce2.5 lime$1.25
- Cilantroproduce1 bunch$1.50
- Avocadoproduce3 avocado$3.75
Instructions
- 1
Slice tortillas into strips, toss with oil and salt, bake at 400°F for 8 min until crisp.
- 2
Sauté onion, add cumin and salt, toast 1 min.
- 3
Add tomatoes, broth, chicken. Simmer 25 min.
- 4
Pull chicken, shred, return. Add beans and corn.
- 5
Bowl, top with avocado, cilantro, lime, tortilla strips.
Prep Timeline
T-40Tortilla strips, sauté veg
T-30Simmer chicken
T-10Shred, finish
T-3Build bowls
Firehouse Notes
- Crisp strips on top, never in the soup until serving.
- Crew adds toppings themselves — keeps strips crispy.
Estimated total
$36.40
$3.64 per person