Tortilla Soup

This is the best Tortilla soup ever! Kim found it on a web site and passed it on. Everyone I give it to becomes addicted to it so I decided to just post it for everyone. ENJOY! Its awesome

Tortilla soup

Start by boiling 8 cups chicken broth with two to three chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. ( leave them in whole because you will take them out later ) Two for good heat and three for very hot

PUT
14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
1 small 8 oz can tomato sauce
4 tbsp snipped cilantro
2 cloves of garlic
1 small onion

Blend together in food processor or Blender. Once the chicken broth is boiling, pour mixture into soup and let come to boil again. Then reduce heat to a simmer for 20 minutes.

Now at this point you can take the peppers out or leave them in. It's up to you. The longer you leave them in, the hotter the soup gets. I usually store left overs with a pepper still in it because it will keep it hot! If its already plenty hot for you, take them out.

Now whatever you add next is up to you. These are a few suggestions:
cheese
shredded chicken
tortilla chips
lime juice
avocado

I personally love adding cheese and shredded chicken. Then a couple of chips and the scoop chips work best because they make little bowls in your soup. My sisters can't have it without the lime so try everything and see what you like. Also, if you like things chunky you don't have to blend everything. Just add it to the soup how it already is for some chunks. Enjoy and let me know if you make it how you like it!!! I'm going to make some today! MMMMMMMMMMMMM