Chicken, Chorizo And Tortilla Stoup (stew-like Soup)

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb chicken tenders
• salt
• pepper
• 3/4 lb chorizo sausage
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, smashed
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 6 small red potatoes, diced
• 1 (15 ounce) can chopped fire-roasted tomatoes
• 1 (15 ounce) can dark red kidney beans
• 2 teaspoons hot sauce
• 1 quart chicken stock
• 1 (15 ounce) bag red corn tortilla chips or 1 (15 ounce) bag blue corn tortilla chips
• 2 cups shredded monterey jack pepper cheese (or any flavor you prefer)
• chopped scallion
• chopped cilantro
• fresh thyme leave

Recipe

• 1 preheat medium soup pot over medium-high heat.
• 2 chop tenders into bite-size pieces. wash up, then season chicken with salt and pepper.
• 3 dice chorizo.
• 4 add evoo and chicken to the pot. lightly brown chicken 2 minutes, then add chorizo and garlic.
• 5 cook another 2-3 minutes, then add peppers, onions and potatoes.
• 6 cook 5 minutes, then stir in tomatoes, kidney beans and hot sauce.
• 7 add chicken stock and bring soup to a bubble.
• 8 preheat broiler.
• 9 reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are tender (10-12 minutes).
• 10 ladle soup into shallow bowls and top each bowl with a generous handful of crushed tortillas and cheese. melt cheese under hot broiler.
• 11 garnish with scallions and herbs.