Chicken Tortilla Soup With V8

Name: Chicken Tortilla Soup With V8
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 small white onion, chopped; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 4 -6 garlic cloves, minced; 1 cup petit canned tomato (or fresh); 1 (12 ounce) can v8 spicy vegetable juice (you can use regular); 4 1/2 cups water; 1 large knorr beef bouillon cube; 1 large knorr chicken bouillon cube; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon sugar; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper; 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin; 1 -2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce; 3 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded; fried corn tortilla strips, for topping (can use tortilla chips to lessen oil); avocado, for topping; shredded mozzarella cheese, for topping; cilantro, for garnish

Submitted by cuteandbublee

"I absolutely love tortilla soup and I've realized more is not always necessary. This is amazing and there never seems to be leftovers."

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 18
Serves:: 6

ingredients

1 small white onion, chopped
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
4 -6 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup petit canned tomato (or fresh)
1 (12 ounce) can v8 spicy vegetable juice (you can use regular)
4 ¹⁄₂ cups water
1 large knorr beef bouillon cube
1 large knorr chicken bouillon cube
¹⁄₄ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon sugar
¹⁄₄ teaspoon black pepper
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons ground cumin
1 -2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
3 chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
fried corn tortilla strips, for topping (can use tortilla chips to lessen oil)
avocado, for topping
shredded mozzarella cheese, for topping
cilantro, for garnish

directions

In a large microwaveable dish heat 2 cups of water till boiling and add bouillon cubes, stir to dissolve them.
In a large pot sauté vegetable oil, chopped small white onion and minced garlic together.
Add remaining ingredients to include the bouillon.
Cover and bring to a boil.
You may add additional vegetables at this time if you chose to add 30 minutes to the cooking time.
<<<<To serve>>>>.
I love the taste of tortilla strips so I layer the bottom of each bowl and then pour soup in and top with tortilla strips, cheese, avocado, and plenty of cilantro.

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Reviews

This was very good. I am giving it five stars because the only reasons I made changes were for personal taste (I like it spicier, for example, but that's quite easy to change with adding spicy V8 until it is hot enough for me; I like my tortilla soup creamy so I used a stick blender once the canned tomatoes were added). I am vegetarian and only had access to "Not-Beef" and "Not-Chicken" bouillon cubes, so I used those instead of Knorr. Being vegetarian, I left out the chicken. <br/><br/>As for garnishes, I fried up strips of store bought corn tortillas. I also cut pasilla chiles into one inch cubes and fried those for 3-4 seconds and crumbled into the soup. Cheddar cheese, as well.I think that garnishes are very important for this soup and I am not sure that I would eat the soup without the tortillas, but as it's tortilla soup, I don't know why I would bother making it if I didn't have the tortillas.

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cuteandbublee

i am currently living in japan until JAN 2009. what a culture shock from the usual las vegas. well i just joined and im sad i didnt know about this sooner. i love love love to cook and that makes me really happy. i also have 0 ability to make cookies from scratch =( THE WAY I RATE 5***** such an easy delicious meal changed very little or not at all 4**** i changed a bunch of things but it was a good start 3*** i thought it was alright but it was changed so much i created my own recipe 2** i felt that the dish had good ingredients but it was not good at all or there were too many errors 1* this is just terrible i hardly ever give below a 3. ( :) )

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