This soup is really good as an alternative to Tacos on Taco Tuesday. It can be prepared Vegan with a side of ground seasoned meat as a topping. I’ve found cooking the soup and the meat separately suits my family, some of whom don’t like vegetables in their food and others who don’t like meat in anything!
Tortilla Blender Soup
This recipe makes two very generous servings or two normal servings with leftovers.
Ingredients
Soup in a blender
- ¾ cup sweet onion chopped (1/2 medium onion)
- ¾ cup zucchini chopped (1/2 medium zucchini)
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 cups vegetable or chicken if not doing vegan broth
- 2 Tomatoes peeled and chopped, (preferably Roma tomatoes)
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon Mexican oregano
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- ¼ tsp chipotle powder or 1 tsp chipotle puree optional
- 1/3 red bell pepper chopped
- 1/3 green bell pepper chopped (or your choice – can use more red or yellow)
- 1/2 cup black beans rinsed
- 1/2 cup corn frozen is good
- 2 corn tortillas optional
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- lime
Ground Meat Topping
- 1/2 lb ground beef or turkey
- 1 tomato, skin removed and chopped
- 1 tbsp Taco seasoning, to taste
- 1 tbsp Cumin
- 1 tsp oregano (Mexican, if you have it)
- 1/4 tsp ground chipotle pepper, to taste
- Handful of chopped kale, optional
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Toppings - think tacos and add your favorites
- Shredded jack or cheddar cheese
- Fresh cilantro
- Lime crema or Sour Cream
- Avocado cut into small pieces
- Tortilla chips
Instructions
Preparation of Soup
- Sauté onion, zucchini and clove in heated pan coated with avocado (or olive) oil. Place in blender. Add tomato, ½ peppers and broth. Pulse until in small pieces.
- Add remaining peppers, black beans and corn to blender and pulse 5-10 times until you have reached your desired consistency. This will leave you with a soup that has some thickness and texture.
- Heat tortillas in skillet with a little oil. Cut into strips. Put in blender and pulse a few times.
- Place mixture in pot on stove, medium heat. Bring to boil, then lower to simmer. Turn off stove.
- Add juice of ½ lime.
- Put in large serving bowl
Ground Meat Topping
- Put small amount of avocado or olive oil in a preheated skillet over medium heat.
- Add ground meat and sauté until browned. Add seasonings and continue browning. Add tomato and sauté briefly. Put in a handful of chopped kale (optional, but a good place to get some kale in your diet).
- Serve as a topping for soup.
Notes
Serve as topping for Tortilla Soup