Sopa Azteca - Mexican Tortilla Soup with Chicken Recipe - EatSimpleFood.com
Recipe:
This smooth pureed Mexican tortilla soup recipe (AKA Sopa Azteca) has dried chiles slow cooked with broth, tomatoes, spices, fresh lime juice, and cilantro. Sopa Azteca is blended smooth, strained if needed, and topped with your favorite garnishes.
This Mexican tortilla soup recipe (AKA Sopa Azteca) is inspired by one of my favorite restaurants in Boulder, Colorado - Centro.
Garnishes For Mexican Tortilla Soup
-Add cooked chicken, pork, beef, beans, or corn
-Add traditional cheeses like asadero (melty) or cotija (crumbly)
-Add favorite cheese like colby jack, cheddar, feta, or goat cheese
-Sour cream
-Avocado
-Cilantro
-Tortilla Strips - A must!
What Kind Of Chiles (Chiles) For Sopa Azteca?
Don't get too caught up on finding the exact right dried chilis for Mexican Tortilla Soup - they may be hard to find.
Guajillo, Pasilla, or Ancho chiles will work and should all be around the same heat. Throw in a dried serrano or two if you really want to bring the heat!
Make sure to de-seed the dried chilis before using. It doesn't need to be perfect. A couple seeds are fine, but get the majority of them out because they will add heat and a different texture to your Azteca soup.
Different chiles will give a different range of colors from orange to red. Run with the color that you get and don't worry!
Preparing Chiles For Mexican Tortilla Soup
Tear the dried chiles with your hands (wear gloves if you are sensitive to heat).
Eventually Sopa Azteca is strained, but if your chunks are smaller and you make sure to cook it for the allotted time (50 minutes) then there maybe nothing to strain out after it's pureed.
Variations and Substitutions For Sopa Azteca
Mexican inspired comfort food that brings a little heat. Buy pre-made tortilla strips or make your own. Use crumbled tortilla chips in a pinch.
Fire roasted tomatoes can be hot. If you're sensitive to heat use a can of regular diced tomatoes instead.
Use canned diced tomatoes with green chilies or any chiles if you can't find fire roasted tomatoes.
If your Sopa Azteca is too spicy then add some sour cream, cheese, or a wee bit more broth to tone it down and bring down the heat.
Substitute 1 tablespoon chili powder if you can't find any dried Mexican chiles.
Substitute any crumbly cheese if you can't find asadero, or use sour cream or your favorite grated or crumbled cheese.
Serves 5
Ingredients:
-2 Tbsp olive oil
-1 ½ cup onions, sliced
-1 Tbsp garlic, minced
-2 dry medium sized Pasilla Chile , stems removed and seeded
-1 ½ tsp ground cumin
-1 tsp ground coriander
-1 bay leaf
-½ tsp salt
-½ cup cilantro
-8 cups chicken broth
-1 15 oz can fire roasted tomatoes
-1 lime, zested & juiced
-3 cups (~ 1 ¼ lb) cooked chicken, shredded
-1 ½ cup asadero cheese, crumbled - as garnish
-1 avocado, diced - as garnish
-2 cups tortilla strips - as garnish
Instructions:
-Bring a large pot to medium high heat and add olive oil. When hot, add onions, reduce heat, cover and cook (stirring occasionally) ~ 5-7 minutes or until translucent.
-Add garlic and a touch more oil if needed and cook 1-2 minutes or until fragrant.
-Stir in de-seeded Pasilla Chile , cumin, coriander, bay leaf, and salt. Cook ~2-3 minutes and add cilantro, broth, tomatoes, lime zest, and lime juice.
-Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer ~ 50 minutes.
-Remove bay leaf from soup and Immersion blend or place in a blender until soup is smooth.
-Strain any solids (if applicable) out of the soup and ladle into bowls.
-Top with cooked chicken and garnish with cheese, avocado, and tortilla strips.
-Add salt to taste.
Happy soupin'!
Beckie
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Ingredients Needed:
Chips:
-1.5 quarts (1420ml) veggie oil
-Corn Tortillas
-Salt to Taste
Traditional:
- 4oz (113g) bacon
- 1 lb (16oz) chicken thighs, boneless & skinless
- 1 medium onion
- 5 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- 2 Serrano chilies
- 2 teaspoons (2g) ground cumin
- 1 teaspoons (1g) ground coriander
- 1 teaspoons (1g) smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoons (1g) cinnamon
- 2 dried guajillo chilies, de-seeded
- 1 dried ancho chili, de-seeded
- 4 cups (960ml) chicken stock
- 2 ears of corn
-1/2 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
- salt to taste
- cilantro for garnish
- 2 avocados, diced
- 3 limes
- 1 piece Oaxaca cheese
-1 cup shredded cheddar
Fancy:
- 3-4 fried corn tortillas
- 3-4 Chicken skins
- 100ml cream
- 150ml soup
- 35g tomato paste
- salt to taste
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Sopa Azteca is a more authentic version of what we refer to as chicken tortilla soup in the USA. Pasilla chiles are toasted and infused with caramelized onions and garlic to make a delicious broth. Pulled chicken is added and then simmered together to deepen the flavor. The best part of this soup are the garnishes! I add white rice, avocado, chihuahua cheese, sour cream, and crushed tortilla chips. This is one you definately need to try!
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Chicken tortilla soup is an authentic Mexican dish. The traditional soup is made with chicken broth, tomatoes, garlic, onion, chiles, and fried tortilla strips.
There are also variations of the soup, like ones that include beans. Making this Chicken Tortilla Soup is really simple, and it only takes 35 minutes.
Tortilla Soup was born in the state of Tlaxcala near Mexico City. In fact, Tlaxcala in Nahuatl means “the land of the corn” or “ the place where tortillas abound.” Tlaxcala was one of the first places where the Spaniards settled.
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