This. Is. Incredible. Very, very, rich and you nearly can't believe it came out of your own kitchen.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Penzey's One
2 6-oz chicken breasts
3 8" flour tortillas
1 T olive oil or butter (melted)
1/2 tsp coarse salt
4 c stock
1 16-oz jar salsa
Garnishes:
sour cream
Monterey-Jack cheese, shredded
cilantro, chopped
avocado, sliced
scallions, sclied
lime wedges
To poach chicken, bring 6 of water to a boil. Add the raw chicken and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and cover. Let sit for 30 minutes in the hot water. Drain and then shred chicken.
While you are poaching the chicken, you can also bake the tortillas. Brush both sides of tortillas with oil, sprinkle lightly with salt. Place on a cookie sheet and cut into strips (a pizza cutter does the job). Place into a COLD oven. Turn oven to 375. When oven reaches temperature, turn off oven but don't open the door until it cools down (about 30 minutes). Tortilla strips will be perfectly cooked.
In a stockpot, simmer broth, shredded chicken, and salsa over medium heat until heated through, about 10 minutes. Serve the soup with the tortilla strips, and toppings.
Because the weather is chilly, and because I had a bag of arugula from the last farm box taunting me, only to be compounded by a fresh bag of arugula from the recent farm box, I decided to try this soup I found from a blog associated with a California-based CSA, Eat Outside the Box . Cauliflower and Arugula Soup Eat Outside the Box farm blog 1 head cauliflower 1 red or white onion, peeled and chopped 3/4 lb zucchini, peeled and chopped 1/4 lb arugula 15 oz stock 15 oz water 1 T olive oil salt and pepper Parmesan cheese, grated First, let me state how important it is to wash your arugula before using it. I don't know about you, but sometimes I get lazy and rely on the "well, if it doesn't kill me, it'll just make me stronger" approach to washing my foods and vegetables. This laziness is only enhanced when the food I'm considering has come from an organic farm. But leaving aside all the various things that can get on the food
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