Monday, June 4, 2012

Tortilla Soup

Recipe:
1. Place all of the following ingredients into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid.
  • 3 cups low sodium chicken, beef, or vegetable broth
  • 1 Roma tomato, halved
  • 1 carrot, halved
  • 1 stalk celery, halved
  • 1 thin slice of onion, peeled
  • 1 garlic clove, peeled
  • 1 thin slice of yellow squash
  • 1 thin slice of red bell pepper
  • 1 thin slice of cabbage
  • 1 mushroom
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1 teaspoon taco seasoning
  • dash cumin
2. Select Hot Soups program.
3. Press Start.
4. Allow machine to complete programmed cycle.
5. You may add the following optional ingredients and select Variable 1.  Remove lid plug. Press Start.

  • 1/2 cup diced cooked chicken breast
  • 1/2 fresh jalapeño
  • 1/4 cup pitted olives
  • 1/4 cup unsalted canned corn, drained
  • 2 ounces baked tortilla chips
6. Drop in chicken, jalapeño, olives, corn, and chips through the lid plug opening
7. Blend for an additional 10 seconds.
Source: Create Recipes for Professional Series 500

My Recipe:
When choosing which broth to use, I used the chicken broth.  I chose not to add the slice of cabbage or the mushroom.  For the optional ingredients, I added the cooked chicken breast, the canned corn, and the baked tortilla chips.

I really liked this recipe and I will definitely make it again.  Everyone in my family also liked it.  We will definitely be making it again.  The next time I make it, I will probably add the fresh jalapeños to add more spice, but it was good without it as well.  This is my favorite out of the other soups we have made. Definitely try this!