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Tortilla Blender Soup

This recipe makes two very generous servings or two normal servings with leftovers.
Servings 0

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