Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe

Tortilla means "little torta" or "little cake" in Spanish is mainly a potato-based omelette originating in Spain, and for a flatbread made from corn or wheat originally made by Mesoamerican peoples.

Flatbread tortillas have been eaten for many centuries in Mexico, where they are a staple. More recently, other countries have begun producing them to serve the expatriate Mexican market and the growing demand for Mexican food, particularly in North America, Europe and Eastern Asia. Mexican tortillas are commonly prepared with meat to make dishes such as tacos, burritos, and enchiladas.

The following article will make your mouth water because a large number of succulent dishes will be mentioned. It will be difficult to control your cravings after reading about the exquisite food. The city of Aguascalientes was a meeting point for several commercial routes that went to the north and south of Mexico.

With the introduction of the railroad during the Porfirian era, thousands of people from all over the republic came to the hydro-calid lands. They bring with them their gastronomic influences. The dishes and seasonings were combined with local foods to create one of the most representative cuisines of the region.

Of the traditional dishes of Aguascalientes it is almost an obligation to try the Aguascalientes Chile. Another typical dish is Pollo San Marcos. The exquisite chicken is served especially during the popular San Marcos Fair. It is made with succulent golden chicken with tomato sauce, accompanied by mountain chiles.

Chicken is one of the basic ingredients of the human diet and that is reflected in the menus of the restaurants. We show it with this route, in which we visit new openings in the capital following the trail of this poultry.

The Portuguese tradition is served where chicken is marinated with a secret recipe. It is then cooked on a charcoal grill opened in half so that they are crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. The sauces are served separately and there are lemon butter, green mojo, chimichurri and spicy piripiri soft or strong. The garnishes range from chip chips to couscous with a touch of oil and turmeric or the red cabbage salad.

Two North-South proposals arrive from the American continent. They serve the biscuit-coated wings with maple syrup mayonnaise.
Indian proposals has spices that shine with their own light. In the "tandoor" oven, the chicken is served macerated in a mixture of yogurt, ginger, garlic and traditional spices (tandoori), or chopped and marinated with herbs and spices (tikka). The poultry also reigns in the curries from the soft korma to the piquant vindaloo.



Dutch cuisine, which does not go beyond winter stews, stews and, yes, many sweets. The good thing about this limitation is that the Dutch are much more open to kitchens in other countries, such as Italy, France, Spain, China, Mexico. It is very simple to find both the ingredients needed to cook at home and restaurants. In fact, it is quite difficult to find a restaurant that serves Dutch food.

But among all the kitchens that the Dutch like, I would dare to say that the one from Indonesia, former colony of the Netherlands, is their favorite. Dishes like nasi goreng, bami goreng, gado-gado or saté are the most popular.

The sate or satay is basically a skewer with pieces of meat made on the grill and accompanied by different sauces. The most popular version, at least in Holland, is with chicken meat and peanut sauce. It is common to find it in many Dutch restaurants, not only Indonesians. And in spite of the strange thing that can sound to some this combination of flavors, I can assure you that it is very very good.

Delicious, simple to make Chicken wings are a great bony piece of chicken meat that is easy to cook and easy to eat, thus very popular with children and are great for any occasion. They are the perfect finger food, even better when grilled up with all that extra smoky flavor. Fried chicken covered with a thick, glistening barbecue glaze is popular because it's tasty and it can be eaten both freshly cooked or cold as a picnic food or cold-plate snack. Chicken drumsticks flavored with a seasoned flour coating, baked are a budget-friendly and healthy option for dinner.

The Kentucky Fried Chicken or KFC is a US fast food chain. The recipe of its specialty, the fried chicken, is kept secret since its creation. It should be made ​​up of 11 herbs and spices. The only thing that is specified by the creator of the chain and the recipe is that it has used a shovel to dig a tunnel in the flour and have previously blended herbs and spices. It was purchased in the seventies by Pepsi Cola and currently is part of Yum!, as well as Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.

Born and raised just outside Henryville, in Indiana, on September 9, 1890, Harland Sanders undertaken in youth different occupations: laborer on a farm, tram conductor, army soldier in Cuba, blacksmith's helper, insurance, and operator service station for Standard Oil. The first recipe of fried chicken provided for a thirty-minute cooking in a pan of iron, operation too long for a fast food restaurant.

Following Sanders altered the cooking process for its chicken using a frying pressure, significantly reducing the cooking time. In 1940 Sanders devised what is known as his original recipe the original manuscript is kept at the headquarters of KFC in Louisville, Kentucky and closely guarded. In 1949 Sanders married Claudia Price.

All the restaurants in the chain receive the mixture of herbs and spices from McCormick & Company. The latter knows only the second half of the composition of the mixture, since it receives the first half of the aromas already mixed by Griffith Laboratories. The KFC chain is one of the biggest fast food chains in the world, spread in more than 80 countries, around 13,000 restaurants.

Among the chains that make the chicken their main product is by far the largest in the world clearly separating the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, the second company in the world in the sector.

Every day around 8 million people eat at one of these restaurants. In Switzerland there are no chain restaurants. In Italy there are only two KFC restaurants but they are inside two military bases; to be precise one at Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily, and the other at the Navy Support Site Gricignano in Campania and for a long time have been accessible only to the military and to the insiders. Currently these two KFC Italian are also open to the public calendar, although it will still need to get permission for entry into the restaurant.




Here is a recipe of the Chicken Tortilla Soup (Serves: 8)

Ingredients:

# 500 gm boneless, skinless chicken breast
# 6 diced tomatoes
# 1 tbsp sauce
# 12 (6-inch) corn / Whole wheat crumbled tortilla chips, preferably a little old and dried out
# 1 Large onion, chopped
# 5 cloves garlic, minced
# 1 tbsp olive oil/grapeseed oil / peanut oil,
# 2 cups water
# 6 cups chicken broth
# 1 tsp cumin
# 1 tsp chili powder
# 1 tsp salt
# 1/4 tsp black pepper
# 1 tsp smoked paprika
# 1 cup of frozen corn
# 1 cup pinto beans
# 1 tsp ground coriander
# 1 jalapeno, halved and thinly sliced
# 1 bay leaf
# 1 cup cooked brown rice (optional)
# 1 lime, cut into wedges
# 1 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro / parsley
# 1 large stalk of celery, leaves included, diced
# 1 large carrot, peeled and diced
# 1/2 cup shredded cheese
# 1 ripe medium sliced avocado for garnishing

Directions:

1. If you are starting with relatively fresh tortillas, put them on a baking sheet and put them in the oven at 200°F for 10-15 minutes to dry them out a bit. It is best to start with tortillas that don't have a lot of moisture in them. Brush both sides of tortillas with 1 tablespoon of the oil. Cut tortillas in half; cut halves into 1/4-inch strips. In 3-quart saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Fry strips in oil, 1/3 at a time, until light brown and crisp. Remove from pan; drain on paper towels or Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until strips begin to brown, stirring once halfway through baking; cool. Strips will become crisp when cooled. Reserve.

2. In a large pot or dutch oven, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onions and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes and cook for another 5 minutes. Add the paprika, celery, carrots, coriander and sauce until vegetables are crisp-tender.. Stir and cook for 2 more minutes. Place the jalapeno and chicken.

3. Pour in water and add the chicken broth and season with cumin, chilli powder, salt, pepper, and bay leaf. Stir in corn and cilantro. Add the pinto beans and brown rice, if using. Bring to a simmer, then turn heat to low, cover, and simmer for 20-30 minutes.

4. Stir in lime juice and cilantro. To serve, peel and pit the avocado. Cut into 1-inch slices. Sprinkle half of crumbled tortilla chips among 4 individual serving bowls; ladle in soup. Top with thin slices of avocado and cheese; garnish with remaining tortilla strips and parsley/cilantro. Serve with lime wedges.