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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Two ways to crush or blend tortillas: 1) Put chunks of tortillas in food processor until fine; or 2) Break into chunks and put in the soup. | 2. When soup is done cooking, put into blender to puree. | 3. Caution! when blending hot foods, do not fill blender full. | 4. Add the tortilla small pieces or tortilla fine crumbs to crockpot or stock pot. | 5. Add the water. | 6. Add the creamy salsa (any you prefer). | 7. Add the chicken base or cubes or vegetable cubes. | 8. Add dried onions, cilantro, minced celery celery, grated carrots. | 9. Cover, cook on medium heat until bubbling, then simmer. Cooking time is 20 minutes. Take off burner. Blend soup in small amounts in blender and pour into tureen. Do not blend, if tortillas are finely crushes and salsa is creamy. | 10. Note: I have added grated cheese to each bowl to have a variance right before serving. | 11. Salt before serving to your taste. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
flour tortilla	4		dried crushed	-	-	-	-
water	2	quarts		-	-	-	-
tostito creamy salsa	4	ounces		100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
onion	1/4	cup		16.0	3.736	0.44	0.04
chicken bouillon cube	2	teaspoons		100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
vegetable bouillon cube				100.8667	0.0	22.44	0.5667
cilantro	1/4	cup	chopped	0.92	0.1468	0.0852	0.0208
celery	1/2	cup	minced	8.08	1.4999	0.3484	0.0859
carrot	1		grated	52.48	12.2624	1.1904	0.3072
salt				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.