Ancho Chicken Tortilla Soup

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Total Time:
40 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
25 min
Yield:
4 to 6 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

  • 6 (6-inch) flour tortillas
  • Cooking spray
  • 3 to 4 small ancho chiles, seeded and stemmed
  • 1 quart chicken stock
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2 ears corn on the cob, husked, scraped from cob or 1 cup frozen kernels, defrosted
  • 1 large red onion, chopped
  • 1 jalapeno chile, seeded and chopped or thinly sliced
  • 1 red chile pepper, seeded and chopped or thinly sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin, 1/3 palmful
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons smoked sweet paprika, half a palmful
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, eyeball it in your palm
  • 1 (28-ounce) can fire-roasted diced or crushed tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 rotisserie chicken, skinned and shredded
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 limes
  • 2 ripe Hass avocados
  • Sour cream
  • Cilantro leaves, for garnish

Directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Slice tortillas into 1/2-inch strips and scatter on large baking sheet. Spray with cooking spray and bake to golden and crisp. Remove from the oven and reserve.

While the tortillas crisp, add the ancho chiles and the stock a large saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low and simmer until the dried peppers are tender.

While anchos simmer, heat a medium soup pot with vegetable oil over high heat. Add corn and char at the edges, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce the heat a little, then add the onions, peppers and garlic and season with the cumin, smoked paprika and cinnamon. Saute for 5 minutes, then add in the beer, cook for 1 minute and then stir in tomatoes. Puree the ancho chiles and stock in a processor, then add to the soup pot. Stir in the honey, then add the shredded chicken, and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Thin with 1 cup of water and simmer to combine flavors.

Zest and juice 1 of the limes and add to the soup. Cut the avocados in half and remove the pit. Scoop the flesh onto a cutting board and dice. Put into a bowl and dress with the juice of the remaining lime.

Pile the chips into a large soup bowl. Top the chips with diced avocado, then ladle in the soup. Garnish with sour cream and whole or chopped cilantro leaves before serving.

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  • on September 14, 2011

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    Last week I made this soup. The soup was delicious, my wife and I love it, I'm Mexican and I know that one of the best chili to give that special flavor is the chile ancho, for it is one of the leading chiles into "Mole". Approaching my dad's birthday and what I'm going to cook? That's right, this delicious soup. Very good, smoky, sweet, salty nutritious. Congratulations for this recipe!!!!!

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  • on March 17, 2011

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    Very Very delicious!! I have had many versions of this soup and by far this one takes it!! Yes it's a lot of ingredients but when you cook for your loved ones whats the big deal! It was a hit!!!

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  • on January 22, 2011

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    The soup was tasty, but not worth all the work. Soup recipes that are simple taste much better!

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