Tortilla Soup
Mexico City's sopa de tortilla — a broth of charred tomato and dried chillies poured over crisp fried tortilla strips, then topped with avocado, crumbled cheese, soured cream and lime.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 6 corn tortillas, cut into strips
- 150 ml sunflower oil, for frying
- 2 dried ancho or pasilla chillies, stemmed and seeded
- 500 g ripe tomatoes
- 1 medium onion, quartered
- 2 garlic cloves, unpeeled
- 1.2 l chicken stock, hot
- 0.5 tsp dried oregano
- to taste salt
- 1 avocado, diced
- 100 g queso fresco or feta, crumbled
- 4 tbsp soured cream
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves
- 1 lime, in wedges
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 5685 kcal · P 380.6g · C 227.2g · F 359.1g
Estimated from 13 of 14 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Heat the oil in a frying pan to 180°C/350°F and fry the tortilla strips in batches for 1–2 minutes, until golden and crisp. Drain on kitchen paper and salt lightly.
- 2Toast the chillies in a dry frying pan for 20 seconds a side, until fragrant, then soak them in a ladle of the hot stock for 10 minutes.
- 3In the same dry pan, char the tomatoes, onion and garlic over high heat for 8–10 minutes, turning, until blackened in spots. Peel the garlic.
- 4Blend the chillies with their soaking stock, the tomatoes, onion and garlic until smooth.
- 5Heat 2 tbsp of the frying oil in a pot over medium-high heat and pour in the purée — it should sizzle hard — then fry it, stirring, for 5 minutes until it darkens and thickens. Frying the purée is what gives the broth its depth.
- 6Add the remaining stock and the oregano, simmer 15 minutes and season with salt.
- 7Divide the tortilla strips between bowls and ladle the hot soup over them at the table, so they stay half crisp.
- 8Top with the avocado, cheese, soured cream and coriander, and serve with the lime wedges.
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Questions and answers
How long does Tortilla Soup take to make?
About 60 minutes: 20 min prep and 40 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Tortilla Soup?
14 ingredients: corn tortillas, sunflower oil, dried ancho or pasilla chillies, ripe tomatoes, onion, garlic cloves, chicken stock, dried oregano, salt, avocado, queso fresco or feta, soured cream and 2 more.
How many servings does this Tortilla Soup recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Tortilla Soup?
About 1421 kcal, with 95.2 g protein, 56.8 g carbohydrate and 89.8 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
What cuisine is Tortilla Soup?
Tortilla Soup comes from Mexican cuisine.
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