Tex Mex Style Main Course Chicken Soup Recipes

Steps:

• In a large stockpot, saute onion in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the next 11 ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Serve with cheese and tortilla chips.

Steps:

• Saute onions, green bell peppers, and garlic in a small amount of vegetable oil. Add chicken, taco seasoning mix, salsa, vegetables, beans, tomato paste, and chicken broth. Adjust liquid to your liking. Bring to a slow simmer and simmer for 20 minutes. Place cream cheese in a separate bowl. Using a measuring cup, take some of the hot liquid from the soup and pour over cream cheese to melt and then add back to the soup. Simmer on low for another 10 minutes. Serve with tortilla chips and grated Monterey jack cheese.
• Also, great on the second day over rice.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine potatoes and 1/4 cup water. Cover with vented plastic wrap and microwave on high 5 minutes or until tender. Drain & transfer potatoes to bowl of 7-8 quart slow cooker.
• Add to slow cooker, chicken, broth, celery, jalapeno, cumin, garlic, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Replace lid and cook on low 4 hours or until chicken is cooked through (165 degrees F) but not soft.
• Transfer chicken to a cutting board. Using two forks, pull chicken into bite-size pieces. Return chicken to slow cooker.
• Stir corn, cilantro and lime juice into soup. Divide among serving bowls. Top with avocado.

Steps:

• Saute onions, green bell peppers,and garlic in a small amount of vegetable oil.
• Add chicken, taco seasoning mix, salsa, vegetables, beans, tomato paste, and chicken broth.
• Adjust liquid to your liking. Bring to a slow simmer and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Place cream cheese in separate bowl.
• Using a measuring cup, take some of the hot liquid from the soup and pour over cream cheese to melt and then add back to the soup.
• Simmer on low for another 10 minutes. Serve with tortilla chips and grated monterey jack cheese.
• Variations: Serve over rice the second day. Add jalapeno for extra spice. Garnish with avocado, tortilla strips and onion. Use any beans.

Steps:

• In a 4 quart soup kettle saute onion, garlic, in oil until tender.
• Add the rest of the ingredients and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Top individual servings with cheese and serve with tortilla chips or strips.

Steps:

• In soup pot add water, frozen chicken breasts, salt, pepper, garlic powder, parsley, onion powder, bouillon, red pepper flakes.
• Bring to boil; cover turn heat low and simmer 2.5 hours until chicken is tender.
• Remove chicken. Keep 5 cups broth in soup pot. Shred chicken and place in soup pot.
• Sauté onions and garlic in oil. Add to pot. Add all remaining ingredients and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Serve with crushed tortilla chips and shredded cheddar cheese for garnish. Can be eaten without added calories if you prefer.