Healthy Tortilla Soup with Chicken (Easy 10 Minute Recipe)

Tortilla soup in a large bowl topped with avocado and cabbage.

Healthy Tortilla Soup with Chicken (Easy 10 Minute Recipe)

This easy Healthy Tortilla Soup with Chicken is made in just ten minutes with all of your go-to pantry staples & grocery store shortcuts to make dinner a total breeze!

Course Soup

Cuisine American, Mexican

Cook Time 10

Total Time 10

Servings servings

Calories 368kcal

Author Abbey Sharp

Ingredients

2 cans no salt added black beans 19 oz per can, drained and rinsed and divided
15.5 oz salsa or pico de gallo mild, medium, or hot
4 cups no salt added chicken broth
1 tsp cumin or to taste (optional)
1 tsp chili powder or to taste (optional)
2 tbsp tomato paste optional
Juice of 1 lime or to taste (optional)
2 bell peppers diced
2 zucchini diced
340 grams canned corn
1/2 rotisserie chicken shredded
Salt and pepper to taste

To serve:

Avocado
Sour Cream
Tortilla Chips
Cilantro garnish
Purple Cabbage garnish

Instructions

To a large pot, combine one can black beans, salsa, stock, cumin, chili, lime, and tomato paste, if using. (If you're using homemade salsa or pico de gallo that is more fresh and less flavourful, then I recommend adding tomato paste. How much lime and tomato paste you use will depend on the salsa you use.) Puree using an immersion blender or just add everything to a stand blender and puree before adding to the pot.
Heat over medium heat until simmering, then add in the bell peppers, zucchini, corn, chicken, and residual black beans. Adjust seasoning (depending on your salsa's flavour) by adding more lime, tomato paste, chili, cumin, and salt and pepper. Cook for 10 minutes until the vegetables have softened and the soup is hot. Serve with tortilla chips, avocado, sour cream and cilantro.

Notes

This Mexican Chicken Tortilla soup is more of a guide than a full on recipe since a lot of this depends on the shortcuts you use. When I’ve made it with fresh pico de gallo, I have found it needed more tomato paste to add depth. When I’ve made it with salsa, it might need a little lime. And if I make it with medium or hot salsa it needs less spices than if I make it with mild. Different brands have different flavours, too! Some are smoky, some are pretty bland so they might need a little more help. But if you start with a product you really like, you’re going to make a tasty soup.
If you have frozen vegetables instead of fresh, you can totally sub them into this healthy chicken tortilla soup. It's a such flexible recipe, use what you have!
This soup is so flavourful and is done in 10 minutes but if you want to toss everything in and leave the house for errands throughout the day, you can always make this in the slow cooker. Instead of simmering for 10 minutes, set the slow cooker for LOW for 4 to 5 hours and you can have this soup ready for dinner time.

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