Not your Normal Tortilla Soup

5 from 6 votes

A tomato-based warming tortilla soup spiced with green chilies, cumin, and chili powder. This meatless soup packs a flavor punch that will warm you up from the inside out! Top it with shredded cheese and tortilla strips before serving.

Prep Time5

Cook Time1 20

Total Time1 25

Course: Soup

Cuisine: American/ Mexican

Keyword: chili powder, cumin, green chilies, meatless, tomatoes, tortilla soup, traditional

Servings: servings

Calories: 254kcal

Author: Michaela Kenkel

Equipment

Ingredients

2 small onions chopped
2 small cans of diced green chilies
4 cloves garlic minced
4 T vegetable oil
2, 14.5 ounce cans diced tomatoes
3 beef and 3 chicken bouillon cubes
3 cups of water
3 cups of tomato juice
2 t. ground cumin
2 t. chili powder
2 t. salt
1/4 t. white pepper
4 t. Worcestershire sauce
2 T. bottled steak sauce
6 corn tortillas cut in strips (*see notes)
shredded cheddar cheese

Instructions

Saute onion, chilies and garlic in oil until soft. (about 5 minutes)
Add tomatoes, bouillon, water, juice, spices and sauces.
Bring soup to a boil, lower heat and simmer covered for one hour.
Top with cheese and tortilla strips before serving. Sometimes I like to add green onion, too!

Notes

To prepare this in your crockpot.: After sauteing the onion, chilies, and garlic, add everything except the tortilla strips to your slow cooker and cook on low for 6 hours.

* My Mom always made this and used corn tortillas cut into strips. I find they get soggy too quickly, and now I use the crunchy tortilla strips you can purchase in the salad toppings section in the store.

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