Chicken Tortilla Soup is one of my favorite comfort foods! Chicken breasts, corn, beans, and other delicious ingredients are simmered in a tomato base. As with a classic tortilla soup recipe, tortilla strips are fried crisp and add the perfect crunch. Top this delicious soup with crispy homemade tortilla strips, avocado, lime, and cilantro for the perfect Mexican-inspired soup!
Add your own favorite toppings, a bit of cotija cheese, guacamole, pico de gallo, and sour cream are all great additions! I like to create a little topping bar when I serve this soup so everyone can add what they love.
Warmly spiced and satisfying, this chicken soup comes together super fast thanks to the ultimate easy dinner party trick: a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store. Make a big soup pot full to last the week.
Tortilla Soup is super satisfying, pretty healthy, quick and very inexpensive—what more can we ask for in a weeknight dinner? If you’re looking for a vegetarian tortilla soup, go ahead and skip the chicken. The flavor will be just as delicious.
Not what you are looking for? Try these other great soup recipes: Super Simple Slow-Cooker Split Pea Soup, Canadian Cheese Soup or some Parma Rosa Tomato Soup.
PrintChicken Tortilla Soup
Warmly spiced and satisfying, this chicken tortilla soup comes together fast thanks to the ultimate easy dinner party trick: a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store.
- Prep Time: :30
- Cook Time: :30
- Total Time: 1:00
- Yield: 4-6
- Category: Soup
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients
- 1 Rotisserie chicken
- 1 (15 oz) can Fire roasted tomatoes, diced
- 1 (10 oz) can Red enchilada sauce
- 1 Small onion, chopped
- 1 Zucchini, chopped
- 1 (4 oz) can Green chilies
- 4 Cloves garlic, minced
- 4 cups Chicken broth
- 1 (14.5 oz) can Creamed or sweet corn
- 1 tsp Cumin
- 1 tsp Chili powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Freshly ground black pepper
- 3 Bay leaves
Garnish
- 4 tbsp Cilantro, chopped
- Fresh lime juice
- Sour cream
- Cheese, shredded
- Corn chips, crushed
- Avocado
Instructions
- While rotisserie chicken is still warm, pick all meat of the bones. Place chicken meat in a large soup pot. Discard bones, or save if you like to make homemade stock. Place all ingredients from roasted tomatoes through bay leaves in the same pot as the chicken. Turn heat to high.
- As soon as soup begins to boil, turn to medium-low heat and continue to cook until onions as translucent and zucchini is tender. About 30 minutes.
- Serve soup with chopped cilantro, fresh lime juice, sour cream, cheese, avocado and corn chips.