Hi Friends!
First things first…if you’re stopping by thanks to Julie’s blog post yesterday…HI! Glad you’re here 🙂
Now, let’s talk about this Chicken Tortilla Soup! I don’t know about where you are, but here in Ohio the weather is doing some crazy things! And by weird I mean when I woke up yesterday it was 53 degrees and it didn’t get above 72 for the entire day. In AUGUST. Say whaaaa?! Anyways, I’m not complaining. In fact, I celebrated by making some soup!
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Let me just take a second to apologize that I haven’t gotten out my real camera to take a picture in approximately 20 years. I’m just lazy. So, phone pics it is! Anyways, back to the soup. I had some leftover chicken and black beans in the fridge, which immediately made me think of tortilla soup. I made it a bit non-traditional by adding some extra veggies…but the more the better in my book!
Here’s the recipe:
PrintChicken Tortilla Soup
A lightened up version of a traditional favorite. Packed with protein and lots of veggies, it’s easily customizable and comes together in a snap!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 1/2 c onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1–2 jalapeno, minced
- 1 c bell peppers, diced
- 3/4 c sweet potato, diced
- 1 c green beans, chopped
- 1– 14.5 oz can no-salt-added diced tomatoes
- 1 c black beans
- 1.5 c chicken, cooked and diced
- 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 Tbsp cumin
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 1 Tbsp paprika
- 1/4 c fresh cilantro
- cheese & avocado for topping
Instructions
- In a dutch oven or large soup pot, saute the first 6 ingredients over medium heat for 10 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes (with liquid), beans, chicken, broth and dry spices.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until vegetables reach desired tenderness.
- Taste and adjust seasonings.
- Just before serving, stir in cilantro and top with a sprinkle of cheese & avocado
The thing I love about soup is that it’s super forgiving. You don’t really ever have to follow a soup recipe exactly…and 95% of the time it still turns out great. So modify away, my friends! Don’t like one of those veggies? Leave it out or add a different one.
This batch wasn’t quite spicy enough for me. I only used one jalapeno so next time I’ll probably use 2 and bump up the other spices a little bit as well. Serve over quinoa for an added protein boost and add a side salad to make a complete meal!
Let’s chat!
What’s your favorite kind of soup?
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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I love soup! It is one of my favorite things to make since no matter what goes in, it always tastes good! My favorite soup is this smoked paprika french lentil soup from the cookbook Let Them Eat Vegan. It is phenomenal!
Oh my gosh- it has been super cold here in SoCal, too! It almost rained tonight! Idk what is going on with the weather. It is just too weird
I loveee Tortilla Soup- thanks for the yummy recipe! 🙂
This looks delicious – looks very similar to soups that I make in the crockpot all winter long … so easy, so delicious, and so easy to freeze and eat later! It’s also a great way to use up almost any veggie that’s on it’s last leg. I don’t usually add sweet potatoes, though – I guess I was afraid of them not cooking enough – so I’ll have to try this! (PS – I’m jealous of the cool weather … send it down to Texas!)
not relating to you guys saying it’s so cold — we’ve been 100 – 107 all week. Hideous. My favorite soup is a recipe I created called – hatch green chile (natch) and shredded pork enchilada soup. Mmmm, if only it was under 70 degrees here
ya, what she said. We’re melting. But i so want this soup!!! Can we come visit?
Oh now this just sounds delicious. I have some chicken waiting to be baked tonight, and now I’m honestly considering using some of it in a soup. I love soup, but I honestly don’t think I’ve had any since the beginning of the year. I’m actually looking forward to fall so that I can enjoy one of my favorite curried apple pumpkin soups.
ahhh thank you.
my parents arrive monday (HOLD ME) for a week+ visit and I need something to make their SPICY LOVING SELVES.
oh my gosh st louis had weather in the fifties also!! what is going on?!?!? i’m not ready for summer to end!!!
Yum! This looks delicious and would be the perfect dinner with this “chilly” (read: 70 degree) weather we have in Wisconsin right now!
I love a good tomato soup with grilled cheese. Never gets old!
The weather has definitely been more fall-like and it’s kinda nice actually! This soup looks so hearty and tasty. I love anything that reminds me of tacos, so this is perfect! 🙂
This looks delicious!!
This looks delicious! I love soup anytime of the year- especially chicken tortilla soup. What a great idea to put it over quinoa! I have never thought about doing that, but will definitely give it a try soon!
I love soup! It’s super easy to make and super flavorful. This one sounds wonderful and I look forward to trying it!
That looks so good! I might be trying it tonight! I LOVE chicken tortilla soup. My favorite soup is a curried sweet potato leek soup, which I haven’t made recently since the weather has been so hot in Florida! I haven’t even eaten warm food in a week!
Mmmm your soup looks great! I could have used some yesterday with my high fever. 🙁 Feeling almost over it now though so that’s good. I’d still like some of your soup!
This soup is totally my kind of soup! I will definitely be making it–thanks for sharing!
This sounds amazing! I absolutely love chicken tortilla soup. One of my favorites!
Um yum! This looks sooooo good! I love chili’s, especially in the winter. No better way to spend your cold evening than with that bowl of chili 🙂
That looks amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It feels like it’s already fall in August here in St. Louis too! I’m loving it. This soup looks great!. I am a huge fan of butternut squash soup. Can’t wait to make some for fall!
I love all the veggies and healthiness here! My favorite kind of soup is tomato soup served with grilled cheese in the wintertime. OR I really love Panera’s broccoli cheese soup. 🙂
Soup is one of my favorite things about fall. This recipe looks delicious!!! I don’t know if I have a favorite – maybe a hearty potato soup!!!
Looks delicious! I can’t quite get around making soup quite yet, but I’m definitely filing this away for when fall comes!
Love the recipe. I have never had a tortilla soup but it sounds very intriguing and I definitely do love the addition of avocado!
I LOVE Chicken Tortilla Soup and this looks absolutely DELICIOUS! 🙂
I am SO terrible at picking favorites but I love a good chunky tomato soup with grilled cheese! Before I went pescetarian, I loved homemade chicken pot-pie!
I make a similar soup (from Skinny Taste). So good!! I just clicked your link for roasted beet and avocado soup from last year, and I definitely need to try that one!! 🙂
Looks amazing! You can never go wrong with soup, as soon as we get to cooler fall weather I’ll be breaking out soups, stews and chilis on a regular basis. Love that you added sweet potato to your version!
Favourite kind of soup: either Italian Wedding (I love the little meatballs) or butternut squash,
I can’t get over the weather lately, either! I made a curry soup the other day since the weather was totally asking for it. I always use my phone to take pictures…no shame, girl!
It’s cold here in Chicago too! Not ready at all for summer to be over. 🙁 But if it is, at least we get soup! I love chicken tortilla soup with, like, an unreasonable passion.
I also really like both lasagna and cheeseburger soup, even though I haven’t had either for years. If you’re feeling real soupy one day and make an easy, healthy version of one of those, I would be forever indebted to you!
good news! I made lasagna soup last year 🙂 https://www.theleangreenbean.com/lasagna-soup/
Wow excellent! I guess I am indebted! Looks fantastic. 🙂
Phone pics for the win! I’m too cheap to buy a real camera right now. My favorite soup to make is turkey sausage, white bean, and kale soup. Super easy and it makes days worth of soup in one batch!
I love both Beer Cheese soup and Potato soup . . .neither are healthy and are a complete indulgence 🙂
I have been in the mood for soups lately. I have made chicken noodle and taco soup this week so far. I think I might want to make this one too. I guess its just a soup kind of week 🙂
I love easy soups so I jumped right on this one this morning! Looked too yummy to resist! Swapped the green beans for sweet peppers, left out the avocado and topped with cheese and no fat Greek yogurt over some quinoa. Yum!!!! Thanks for the love!
Chicken tortilla soup is definitely my favorite, so I am glad you posted this recipe! I love that you added in sweet potatoes! I need to try that!
Looks amazing! I love tortilla soup. one of the only ones I will eat during the summer!
We have also had such randomly cold days too! But it’s Canada so what can I expect?! This looks delicious. I love making a white bean soup — cayenne pepper gives it a great kick! I’m a sucker for my mom’s pea soup… it’s the best!
That looks yum 🙂
I love mushroom and barley soup, blue cheese and cauliflower and pumpkin soup.
Tortilla soup is one of my favorites! This version is much healthier than my Mom’s, which included lots and lots of ranch dressing.
Oh this soup looks fabulous! I’m having the exact same weather here in SC !!:):) I was just telling myself today I think I will pull down my mini crockpot and get some chicken butternut squash soup going!:) I add chicken, onions, garlic, butternut, Himilayan sea salt, black pepper and celery. I let it sit for about 6 hours on low to cook and it always makes me feel incredible!:)
Thanks for this recipe and for the inspiration!!:)
Love this veggie packed version of tortilla soup! Although my all time favorite is day after Thanksgiving turkey soup, I make an incredible butternut squash, coconut milk and kale soup!
Mhmm I love soup season! That’s so weird about the weather…how wacky 😉 This soup looks absolutely incredible and I love that you packed so many veggies in to it! I can’t wait to try it!
I love a hearty bowl of chili with cheese and served with a side of salty tortilla chips…still too hot for this here in Texas, but hopefully during fall/winter. 😉
I love chicken tortilla soup, and I especially love that fresh avocado on top!
I totally did find you from Julie’s blog! 😉 Glad I did, too! Tortilla soup is totally my favorite. There’s nothing like a cold rainy day and a large mug of the stuff. Mmmmmm!
I stumbled upon your blog today and I’m glad I did; it looks like you have lots of great recipes! I’ve been wanting to try a new chicken tortilla soup! I had to laugh as I read this post, because I live in Ohio as well and you can just never predict the weather! Like this week…71 on Monday and 45 on Tuesday! Please feel free to check out my blog as well 🙂 ourfrontdoorlookingin.com Thanks!!
haha it’s so crazy!