Chicken Tortilla Soup

This recipe came from a friend. I had to have it.

Ingredients:
2 cans Cream of Chicken
2 cans Cream of Mushroom
2 cans Cream of Celery
2 cans Chedder Cheese soup
2 15 oz. cans of chicken broth
1 cup salsa
1 15 oz. can of diced tomatoes
1 or more cans of green chilies
1 medium chopped onion
1/4 cup fresh chopped cilantro
4 cloves fresh minced garlic
1 tsp chili powder
salt and pepper to taste
4 cooked chicken breast cut into small pieces

Simmer in crock pot for about 4 hours or on high for 2 to 3 hours. Chicken is already cooked so you just need to get it hot and meld all the flavors together.

Serve with cheese, sour cream, and crispy tortilla strips.

*** This is an extremely large recipe so you might want to half it!

Chicken Salsa Soup

5 c. Water
1/2 lb. Chicken, cooked/cubed
6 heaping tsp. Chicken Bouillon
1 tsp. Chili Powder
1/4 c. sweet pepper, chopped
15 oz Corn, drained
1 jar Garden Style Salsa/picante sauce

Broken Tortilla Chips (3-5 cups)
8 oz. Monterey Jack Cheese with Jalapeno Peppers, shredded

In 3 qt. saucepan combine water, chicken bouillon, chicken and chili powder. Bring to boil; reduce heat. Cover and simmer a few minutes. Add corn and peppers. Simmer until heated through and peppers are tender.

To serve: Put a handful of chips in bottom of bowl, ladle in soup and top with cheese. Enjoy immediately. :)

By: Liz S.

Black Bean Soup

2 cans black beans, drained
1 can chicken broth
1 can corn, drained
1 cup salsa
1/4 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. chili powder

Mix beans, broth, and corn together in a large pot and bring to boil. Add salsa and spices. Take half the mixture and blend it, then recombine. Simmer 15 min. on low.
Serve with tortilla chips, sour cream, chopped avacado, tomato, and cheese.

By Tiffany C.

White Chili

4 lg. chicken breasts, cooked and cubed
2 cans white beans
2 cans diced green chilies
2 cans chicken broth
2 cans white corn
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp. lemon pepper
1 tsp. ground cumin
1/4 c. minced dried onion

serve with:
4 fresh limes, wedged
white corn chips
grated monterrey jack cheese

By Tiffany C.

Chicken Noodle Soup

Whole Chicken
Chicken broth cubes
Onion
Celery
Carrots
Reames frozen noodles
Milk

Cook Chicken in crock-pot filled with water. Cook all day(approx. 5 hrs) then take off bone. Add noodles and 6-8 chicken broth cubes to water. Sauté onion, celery, and carrots in butter on stove. Add to crock-pot along with ½ cup of milk. Salt and pepper to taste.

By Atrena

Baked Potato Soup

1/2 lbs. butter
1 1/4 lbs. onions
1 c. flour
1 qt. half and half (or 2 c. milk & 2 c. cream)
4 lbs. baked potatoes (cooled and diced)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon basil
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon Tabasco Sauce
8 c. chicken stock

Saute onions; add flour and stock to make white sauce. Add everything else. Serve hot topped with bacon bits, grated cheese and green onions.

By Sarah G.

Jen's Soup

Sometimes I throw together a bunch of stuff and call it soup. :) Everything is to taste... Call it what you want. This one is good if you are running low on fresh ingredients.

1 lb Ground meat (beef or turkey)
1 can beans (whatever you prefer, black, white, kidney, pinto, etc.)
1 can tomato sauce or paste
1 bag frozen veggies (I like the different stir fry varieties)
macaroni or rice
Garlic (powder is fine)
Onion (powder is fine)
Salt & Pepper
any other seasoning you like... italian, basil, whatever
Enough water to make it soup.

Serve it with some delicious bread and Voila! you have dinner!

Taco Soup

1 lb Ground Hamburger (or ground turkey if you want it a little healthier)

2 cans of dice tomatoes (I always use Del Monte w/ zesty green chilies)

1 can of kidney beans (I usually throw in two since we like them so much)

1 can of corn (just had to put something in parentheses since I have done it on EVERY one!)

1-4oz. can of diced green chilies

1 pkg of McCormick's Taco Seasoning

Directions:

Brown and season hamburger meat (note: do NOT use the taco seasoning to flavor your meat), then in a large pot combine cooked meat, undrained canned foods and package of taco seasoning. Bring to a boil and then simmer until ready to serve (you can also stick it in a crock pot and forget about it until dinner time).

Serve with sour cream, cheese and tortilla chips (we love using Frito's).