i grew up eating tortilla soup. i love it. i had never made it before when my mom emailed me a recipe that she thought sounded good, and so i made it. it was good, and easy. of course, i doctored it up a bit, and made it spicier. it seems everything needs to be spicier.
1. cook about 3 cups of sliced, or diced, onions in oil until they are soft. add some cumin and oregano and garlic and cook some more.
2. add approximately 1 quart of broth. (i made broth from vegan vegetable bouillon. it's not made with any weird ingredients and you can keep it in the house for broth emergencies, whatever that might mean...) also add 28 oz of canned, diced tomatoes and chopped pepper (i can't remember if we used jalapeno or serrano, but use something with a kick.) reduce heat and cook for about 10 minutes.
3. crush about 3 handfuls of tortilla chips. do it in your hands; it doesn't have to be perfect. then, put them in the blender and pulverize them.
4. take a big scoop of soup (use the ladle) and put it into the blender and mix it with the chips, slow speed. maybe add a little extra soup so that it's not so thick. pour the mixture back into the soup. mix it up.
it's good. we put some cheese on top, probably monterey jack. i think this soup would be even better if we cooked it with some fresh sweet corn, too, but, it's winter and it's not really around. next time, i guess.
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