Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Tassel Ridge Chicken Tortilla Soup and Tassel Ridge Sweet Roxie Red®!
Sweet Roxie Red, a refreshing, sweet, fruity red wine is a perfect pairing for the spice in this Chicken Tortilla Soup.
Tassel Ridge® Chicken Tortilla Soup
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 4-oz can tomato paste
- 1 15-oz can tomato sauce
- 1 15-oz can diced tomatoes
- 1½ cups water
- 1 14.5-oz can chicken broth
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp chili powder
- ¼ tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 15-oz can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 12-oz package frozen corn
- 1½ lbs chicken, cooked and shredded
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
- 8 corn tortillas, cut into thin strips and fried until crispy
Instructions
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Heat oil in stock pot over medium-high heat. Add onion and bell pepper. Sauté about 3 minutes. Add garlic. Sauté 1 minute. Add tomato paste. Cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly until caramelized. Add tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, water, and chicken broth. Bring to boil. Reduce to simmer. Add cumin, chili powder, cayenne powder, salt, black pepper, and bay leaf. Simmer about 5 minutes. Add black beans, corn, and chicken. Simmer about 30 minutes. Remove bay leaf. Add cilantro. Remove bay leaf. Pour soup into bowls. Top with crispy tortilla strips. Serves 6–8.
Recipe Notes
Wine Recommendation—Tassel Ridge Sweet Roxie Red®
Sweet Roxie Red is a refreshing, sweet, fruity red wine with cherry and citrus on the nose and sweet cherry and candied fruits on the palate. Made from a blend of Marquette grapes grown in our Iowa vineyards and Muscat grapes, Sweet Roxie Red is a great sipping wine or pair it with spicy Asian and Mexican foods. Serve chilled. Store at 55°F.
