Shrimp and Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 6 ounces peeled and deveined medium shrimp
- 1 1⁄2 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 1⁄2 onion (chopped)
- 1 teaspoon cumin seed
- cooking oil, for saute
- 4 1⁄2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can Mexican-style tomatoes, undrained
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 3 tablespoons chopped cilantro
- 1 -2 avocado (chopped)
- 1⁄2 cup shredded monterey jack pepper cheese or 1/2 cup monterey jack cheese
- 5 small corn tortillas
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix salt and pepper in a small bowl and set aside.
- Brush corn tortillas with cooking oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper mixture.
- Cut into strips and place on a cooking sheet.
- Bake for 5-8 minutes until crisp.
- Set aside for soup topping.
- In a large sauce pan saute onion and cumin seed until onion is tender.
- Add chicken broth, tomatoes,cilantro and lime juice.
- Bring to a boil and simmer for 8-10 minutes.
- Stir in chicken and shrimp and cook until shrimp turn pink@ 3-4 minutes.
- Stir occasionally while shrimp are cooking.
- Ladle into soup bowls and top with avocado, cheese, and crisp tortilla strips.
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Reviews
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DEE-licious!!! My mexican DH was craving a soup that his mom used to make. He found this recipe and thought it sounded like a good substitute. I used Rotel tomatoes with lime & cilantro, but still used the lime & cilantro called for by the recipe. I made a big pot, and I think it's better the 2nd day! Definitely a keeper!
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Another 5 star rating! This is so great. It is light but full of flavor. The tomatoes I used were petite diced tomatoes with jalapenos. And I used tortilla chips - I simply broke them up and put them in the bottom of the bowls before serving the soup. I also tried this with some leftover cooked white rice instead of tortillas. Yum. This recipe is a keeper, thanks Dawn!
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This is a fantasic recipe. Will absolutely make again. It does end up kind of spicy, so if you don't like "hot", maybe you could use regular canned tomatoes instead of the one with chiles and let everyone add their own hot sauce to taste. I left out the chicken and made it with extra shrimp. It was a huge hit. I might try it with chunks of white fish next time. It really does taste like a complicated soup. Very similar to a caldo that I order at my favorite Mexican seafood restaurant in San Francisco. I was amazed to get such complex flavor from mostly canned ingredients. A winner!
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Another 5 star rating! This is so great. It is light but full of flavor. The tomatoes I used were petite diced tomatoes with jalapenos. And I used tortilla chips - I simply broke them up and put them in the bottom of the bowls before serving the soup. I also tried this with some leftover cooked white rice instead of tortillas. Yum. This recipe is a keeper, thanks Dawn!
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This is a fantasic recipe. Will absolutely make again. It does end up kind of spicy, so if you don't like "hot", maybe you could use regular canned tomatoes instead of the one with chiles and let everyone add their own hot sauce to taste. I left out the chicken and made it with extra shrimp. It was a huge hit. I might try it with chunks of white fish next time. It really does taste like a complicated soup. Very similar to a caldo that I order at my favorite Mexican seafood restaurant in San Francisco. I was amazed to get such complex flavor from mostly canned ingredients. A winner!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Dawn399
United States
I?m ?originally from Texas, but now live in Florida. Still gotta have that spice though....love chipotle peppers, habaneros, and jalapenos. This is a picture of myself & my 2 daughters taken in Dec'06. I am working on my graduate degree, & still work as a nurse prn. When I'm not cooking and eating what I cook... I head for the gym to work out. As far as cookbooks, I love the church/ community cookbooks, where someone has dug out old handwritten recipes by granny and shared them with others-those are the best kind. If I had a month off, I'd for sure go hiking, would love to visit Australia and New Zealand.?