Tortilla Soup with Chicken and Lime

I can't even begin to tell you how much I LOVE this soup. Enjoy!!

tortilla soup with chicken and lime

Unless you like a lot of leftovers, you might want to half this recipe. We like leftovers, and LOVE this soup. So we make a whole big pot of it.

12 cups water
6-8 chicken bouillon cubes
1 can (14.5oz) mexican style stewed tomatoes with juices (or whatever kind of stewed or diced tomatoes you have on hand.)
1 med. onion, thinly sliced
1 med. green pepper, thinly sliced
2 celery stalks, sliced
1 med. carrot, sliced
1 clove of garlic
2 bay leaf leaves
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/8 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper (optional)
12 ounces shredded cooked chicken
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (or abt. 1 1/2 T dried)
3-4T lime juice
shredded cheddar cheese
sour cream (I use the light or low fat kind)
tortilla chips


Combine water and bouillon in a large sauce pan and bring to a boil. Add sliced veggies, bay leaf, garlic, cumin and red pepper return to a boil. Reduce heat simmer 15 minutes or until carrots are done. Add tomatoes, shredded chicken, cilantro and lime juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Ladle soup into bowls and top with sour cream, cheese, and tortilla chips.

And Voiole, you’ve got an aesthetically pleasing configuration of soup, that humans go NUTS over.

Did I mention I love this soup. Really though, it is sooooooooo good. And it is low in fat, as long as you don’t go over board with the chips, cheese and sour cream. Really your supposed to fry tortilla strips in olive oil, but who has the time. :)