We Represented with Tortilla Soup

This past weekend was exactly what the doctor ordered.  Friday night we enjoyed some time with our small group at church, Saturday was a lazy day and Sunday was church and nothin' else.

It was just what the doctor ordered.  Rest, relaxation, quilting, good soups and a toddler who keeps both N and me in stitches.

Because I like to have some substance to ye olde blog, I'll share with you one of the soup recipes we had this weekend.  It's from Big Mama and that girl knows her stuff...or the right people!

In the spirit of Big Mama, we represented with some Tortilla Soup.  A reader of her blog gave her the recipe for Tortilla Soup from The Mansion in Dallas.  While I've seen the website of The Mansion and am totally impressed, I cannot confirm nor deny if this recipe is from there.  However, if it's not, they should totally take credit because it's one of the best soups in the whole category of soup.

Without further ado, Mansion Tortilla Soup (it's totally on the menu on the website)

Tortilla Soup from The Mansion


3 tablespoons olive oil
4-6 corn tortillas, diced
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
4-5 tablespoons of chopped cilantro (All the cilantro I could find was sketchy at best)
1 tablespoon of cumin
2 tablespoons of chili powder

Saute all of the above until tortillas begin to crisp.

Add the following to the above and simmer:

1 cup onion puree (I rough chopped an onion and then put it in the food processor until it was liquidish - that's totally a word.  This, in my opinion makes the soup).
1 large can (29 oz) of tomato puree (or tomato sauce as we call it in the north)
2 quarts of chicken stock
Salt and pepper to taste
Cayenne pepper to taste

I also added diced chicken (got the rotisserie from Costco and diced that bad boy up), a can of corn drained and a can of black beans drained & rinsed. 

You can top it with avacado, cheese, sour cream and crispy strips of tortillas. 

Mine ends up being more chunky than I'm sure The Mansion does, but it's so good.  Plus it's healthy and flavorful and totally diet friendly.

Not to mention it also cleanses your sinuses.  It's win-win really.

Even without cilantro.