Em's Easy Tortilla Soup

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 cups chicken, cooked and shredded
• 6 cups chicken stock
• 1/2 large onions or 1 small onion, diced
• 2 (10 ounce) cans rotel
• 15 ounces tomato sauce
• 15 ounces diced tomatoes
• 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
• 1/2-1 jalapeno, roasted and chopped
• 3 -4 garlic cloves, minced
• 6 corn tortillas, ripped into small pieces
• 1 teaspoon tapatio or chalula hot sauce
• 1 teaspoon habanero sauce (omit for milder soup)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons chili powder
• 2 teaspoons black pepper
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
• monterey jack cheese
• avocado
• lime wedge
• tortilla chips
• pickled jalapeno pepper
• sour cream

Recipe

• 1 roast the jalapeno in the microwave for 1 ½-2 mins or until wrinkled and soft. to make it less spicy you can seed and devein before you dice it.
• 2 stovetop method:.
• 3 throw everything (except garnish) into a soup pot, cover and turn on med-low.
• 4 cook, stirring occasionally for 1-3 hours.
• 5 the longer if cooks the yummier it gets.
• 6 crockpot method:.
• 7 throw everything (except garnish) in a crockpot.
• 8 cook on low for 8-10hrs or on high for 5-6hrs.
• 9 serve with garnish.