Corn Tortilla Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Cut tortillas first in half, then crosswise into 1/8-inch strips. Place in a bowl and toss with oil until fully coated. Arrange tortilla strips in a single layer on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until strips are crisp and lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• On stovetop heat a large pot on med high add butter and oil, add onion, peppers, rice, and cumin, stirring until well coated.
• Add stock and bring to bubbling, lower heat, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• After 10 minutes add 1 cup salsa, chipotles, and 1 cup corn.
• Cook 10 minutes more.
• Ad lime juice, cilantro and and stir.
• For tortilla chips:.
• Spray a baking sheet and spray 4 tortillas with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle with chili powder and cumin, slice into strips and bake in the oven for 5 minutes if using flour tortillas, 10 minutes if using corn tortillas.
• Place several strips over soup.
• Garnish with crema, avocado, salsa, hot sauce, etc to taste.

Steps:

• Heat a grill pan to high and a soup pot to medium-high. Drizzle oil on corn and place on grill pan. Add red pepper to grill with corn. Char vegetables 10 minutes, total, turning occasionally. Remove to cool, 5 minutes. Remove charred skin from the pepper.
• While vegetables cook, dice chicken. Add 2 tablespoons oil to hot soup pot. Add chicken to pot. Season with poultry seasoning, cumin, salt and pepper. Lightly brown the chicken. Add zucchini, onions, garlic and chipotle peppers. Cook vegetables with chicken 5 to 7 minutes to soften. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce and stock. Bring soup to a bubble, reduce heat to medium low.
• Scrape corn off cob and add to soup. Chop grilled red pepper and stir into soup. Add chips to soup in handfuls and fold in. Serve soup immediately with scatter of shredded cheese and a dollop of sour cream. Top with any or all of the suggested garnishes.

Steps:

• Over medium-high heat, fry tortilla squares in olive oil until they begin to crisp and turn a golden yellow. Add garlic, onion and jalapeno; cook 1 to 2 minutes, until onion becomes translucent.
• transfer to an 8 quart pot.
• Add half the corn along with all other ingredients (except garnishes), reserving other half of corn to be added at the end. Bring the soup to a low, even boil. Boil for 5 minutes. Remove soup from heat. Use a hand-held propeller blade processor to process in batches to the consistency of a course puree. (You can also process in batches in a blender).
• Return the soup to the burner and add the reserved corn. Bring the soup to a boil once again being extremely careful to avoid scorching or burning the soup. Serve, garnished with blue corn tortilla chips, cilantro and sharp cheddar cheese.

Steps:

• Chop vegetables and place into a 4-quart pot.
• Sauté vegetables over medium heat in 4 tablespoons of butter heat until fork tender- approximately 8- 10 minutes.
• Add the remaining ingredients, and bring to a boil slowly, watch not to scald the bottom of the pot.
• Bring down to a simmer and cook until the tortillas and the vegetables are cooked- approximately 20 minutes.
• Add heavy cream, and salt and pepper.
• Remove from the heat place soup into a blender& blend until smooth.
• Watch not to fill the blender to high.
• The soup can scald you.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the pepper and onion stir fry mix, garlic, and cumin, and cook 5 minutes, until vegetables are tender. Mix in the tomatoes and chile peppers. Pour in the broth, and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 30 minutes.
• Mix corn into the soup, and continue cooking 5 minutes. Serve in bowls over equal amounts of tortilla chips. Top with cheese and avocado.

Steps:

• Place the tomatoes, onion and garlic in a blender; cover and process until smooth. Transfer to a large saucepan. Add chicken broth and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 3 minutes. , Meanwhile, cut tortillas into 1/4-in. strips; fry in hot oil until crisp and brown. Drain on paper towels. Ladle soup into bowls; top with tortilla strips, sour cream and cheese.