INGREDIENTS
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1 package taco seasoning
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 can (10¾ ounce) condensed nacho cheese soup (cheddar soup will also work)
- 1 can (10 oz) diced tomatoes and green chilis, undrained
- 1½ cups milk
- 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese
- Optional toppings:
- Crushed tortilla chips
INSTRUCTIONS
- In a medium sized skillet cook the ground beef, onion, and garlic until beef is no longer pink and the onion is clear. Drain the grease and add to slow cooker.
- Add soup, taco seasoning, diced tomatoes and green chilis, and milk. Stir.
- Cook on low 3-4 hours. Stir in ½ cup cheddar cheese and allow to melt. Can be kept on warm for an additional 4 hours. Top with crushed tortilla chips and additional cheese if desired.
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe
Ingredients:
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion
4 garlic cloves
1 jalapeno/serrano pepper
4 corn tortillas
1 (10oz) can of diced tomatoes with green chilies
5 cups of chicken broth
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper powder (optional)
1 tsp dried oregano
Big pinch of fresh cilantro, finely chopped
1 cup of frozen corn
2 cups cooked chicken, shredded or cubed
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
Juice of 1/2 a lime
Salt to taste
2 tbsp olive oil
1 onion
4 garlic cloves
1 jalapeno/serrano pepper
4 corn tortillas
1 (10oz) can of diced tomatoes with green chilies
5 cups of chicken broth
1/2 tsp cumin powder
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper powder (optional)
1 tsp dried oregano
Big pinch of fresh cilantro, finely chopped
1 cup of frozen corn
2 cups cooked chicken, shredded or cubed
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
Juice of 1/2 a lime
Salt to taste
Optional Toppings:
Black bean Salsa (see recipe below)
Tortilla strips
Avocados, diced
Sour cream
Cilantro
Jalapenos
Black bean Salsa (see recipe below)
Tortilla strips
Avocados, diced
Sour cream
Cilantro
Jalapenos
Method:
– Start by roughly dicing the onion & garlic. Don’t worry too much about chopping it fine, we’re going to blend the soup up later.
– Heat some oil in a heavy bottom pot, then toss in the onion and garlic and sautee them for a few minutes (3-4 minutes) on medium-high, until they turn soft and translucent.
– Cut up 4 corn tortillas into roughly 1 inch pieces. (Again, don’t worry about being exact) And also cut up one jalapeno/ serrano pepper (de-seeded if you want to cut down on the heat).
– Add the tortilla pieces & jalapeno/serrano to the pot and sautee them for a couple minutes with the onion & garlic.
– Next, pour in a whole can of Ro-tel (diced tomatoes with green chillies) and 5 cups of chicken broth.
– Add some cumin, cayenne pepper and oregano to the pot and bring everything up to a boil. Then turn off the heat, add finely chopped cilantro and allow the soup to cool enough to put in the blender.
– Once the soup has cooled off a little, spoon the soup into a blendee/ food processor in batches and puree the soup until it’s smooth.
– Return the soup to the pot, turn the heat on to medium high and let it thicken.
– Add the corn & chicken to the soup and very gently stir them in. lower the heat to a gentle simmer and let the corn cook through for a couple minutes. Taste and season the soup with salt (keeping in mind the broth was probably salted).
– Lastly pour in the cream and add the cheese to the soup, stir it gently to mix everything together.
– For a topping, you can make your own tortilla strips by cutting 3-4 corn tortilla’s in half and then cut it up into half inch strips. Deep fry the tortilla strips in about an and inch of oil, in small batches until they turn a light golden brown. Scoop them out from the oil and place the tortilla strips on a paper napkin to drain the excess oil.
– Just before you dish the soup out, squeeze in the juice of half a lime.
– Serve the soup topped with some black bean salsa (see recipe below) and the crunchy tortilla strips.(You can also garnish the soup with sour cream, avocados, cilantro, jalapenos…whatever you like!)
– Start by roughly dicing the onion & garlic. Don’t worry too much about chopping it fine, we’re going to blend the soup up later.
– Heat some oil in a heavy bottom pot, then toss in the onion and garlic and sautee them for a few minutes (3-4 minutes) on medium-high, until they turn soft and translucent.
– Cut up 4 corn tortillas into roughly 1 inch pieces. (Again, don’t worry about being exact) And also cut up one jalapeno/ serrano pepper (de-seeded if you want to cut down on the heat).
– Add the tortilla pieces & jalapeno/serrano to the pot and sautee them for a couple minutes with the onion & garlic.
– Next, pour in a whole can of Ro-tel (diced tomatoes with green chillies) and 5 cups of chicken broth.
– Add some cumin, cayenne pepper and oregano to the pot and bring everything up to a boil. Then turn off the heat, add finely chopped cilantro and allow the soup to cool enough to put in the blender.
– Once the soup has cooled off a little, spoon the soup into a blendee/ food processor in batches and puree the soup until it’s smooth.
– Return the soup to the pot, turn the heat on to medium high and let it thicken.
– Add the corn & chicken to the soup and very gently stir them in. lower the heat to a gentle simmer and let the corn cook through for a couple minutes. Taste and season the soup with salt (keeping in mind the broth was probably salted).
– Lastly pour in the cream and add the cheese to the soup, stir it gently to mix everything together.
– For a topping, you can make your own tortilla strips by cutting 3-4 corn tortilla’s in half and then cut it up into half inch strips. Deep fry the tortilla strips in about an and inch of oil, in small batches until they turn a light golden brown. Scoop them out from the oil and place the tortilla strips on a paper napkin to drain the excess oil.
– Just before you dish the soup out, squeeze in the juice of half a lime.
– Serve the soup topped with some black bean salsa (see recipe below) and the crunchy tortilla strips.(You can also garnish the soup with sour cream, avocados, cilantro, jalapenos…whatever you like!)
Black Bean Salsa Recipe
Ingredients:
1 (15 oz) can black beans,
1-2 tomatoes
1/2 an onion
1 jalapeno/serrano pepper
Handful of fresh cilantro
1/2 a lime
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
1/3 tsp cumin powder
Salt to taste
1 (15 oz) can black beans,
1-2 tomatoes
1/2 an onion
1 jalapeno/serrano pepper
Handful of fresh cilantro
1/2 a lime
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
1/3 tsp cumin powder
Salt to taste
Method:
– Drain and rinse a can of black beans.
– Add to it, the finely diced onion, bell pepper, jalapeno/serrano (de-seeded for less heat), tomatoes (de-seeded) and chopped cilantro.
– To season the mix, squeeze in the juice of half a lime, add some cumin and cayenne pepper powder (optional, only if you like it spicy), and salt.
– Toss everything together and taste for seasonings.
– Serve chilled.
– Drain and rinse a can of black beans.
– Add to it, the finely diced onion, bell pepper, jalapeno/serrano (de-seeded for less heat), tomatoes (de-seeded) and chopped cilantro.
– To season the mix, squeeze in the juice of half a lime, add some cumin and cayenne pepper powder (optional, only if you like it spicy), and salt.
– Toss everything together and taste for seasonings.
– Serve chilled.
Avgolemono{Greek Lemon Chicken Soup}
This soup is best eaten when it is cooked. Reheating may cause eggs to curdle.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 lb. Bone in Chicken Thighs
- 7 C. Chicken Broth(or Water)
- 1/2 T. Olive Oil
- 1 small Onion, chopped
- 1 t. Coarse Salt
- 1 1/2 C. Carrot, shredded
- 1/2 C. Orzo
- 4 large eggs
- 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 T. Fresh Dill, chopped
- Dash White Pepper
Instructions
- Place the chicken thighs in a crock-pot and cover with the 7 cups chicken broth or water. Cook on high for 4 hours, or until chicken is fall off the bone tender.
- Remove the chicken from the crock pot and allow it to cool down in a bowl. Do not discard the broth. Strain the broth through a mesh sieve and keep warm in the crock pot.
- When the chicken is cool enough to handle, separate the chicken from the bones. Shred the chicken just slightly. Set aside, keeping warm.
- Heat the olive oil in a stock pot over medium high heat. Add the chopped onion and salt and saute for 3-4 minutes, or until softened. Do not brown. Add the carrot and saute for another 2 minutes.
- Pour 1 cup of the broth from the crock pot into a blender and set aside to cool slightly. Add another 5 cups of the broth from the crockpot to the stock pot containing the onion and carrot and bring to a simmer(Add more chicken stock if there is not 5 cups left of liquid to make up the difference). Once the stock is simmering, add the orzo. Cover the pot and simmer for about 10 minutes, or until the orzo is tender.
- Add the eggs and lemon juice to the cooled stock in the blender and blend until the mixture is frothy.
- Slowly pour the egg mixture into the hot soup, stirring constantly until it is completely mixed in. Do not bring to a boil or eggs will curdle.
- Add the chicken, dill, and a dash of white pepper to the soup and stir until distributed.
- Taste and adjust seasonings, if needed.
- Serve immediately.
Cheeseburger Soup
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Ingredients
- Stock:
- 1.25 lbs of chicken tenders
- 1/2 tsp thyme
- 1 large bay leaf
- 3 cups of water
- ___
- Soup:
- 3 tbs olive oil
- 2 medium shallots
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 large carrot
- Chicken from above
- 2 cups of stock
- 1 cup of heavy cream
- Roux (1 tbs soft butter + 2 tbs flour)
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 oz sharp white cheddar
- salt, pepper to taste
Instructions
- Start by making the stock and cooking the chicken. Fill the pot with 3 cups of water. Add the bay leaf and thyme. (You can add some salt as well.) Bring to boil and lower the heat to medium. Add chicken. Cook for about 45 minutes. Set aside.
- In a soup pot, preheat the oil on medium heat. Add diced shallots and carrots. Cook for a few minutes.
- Dice the cooked chicken and add it to the pot. Mince the garlic and add it to the pot as well. Cook, stirring often, until the garlic is fragrant (just a couple of minutes).
- Add the stock and bring to boil. Lower the heat to medium and cook until the carrots are fully cooked.
- To make the roux, just mix the soft butter and flour with a fork until completely combined.
- Add heavy cream, roux and Worcestershire sauce to the soup and mix very well. Add some salt and pepper. Cook for about 10 more minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Shred the white cheddar cheese into the soup, mix until all melted and combined.
- You can garnish with some fresh green onion when serving, if you'd like.
Notes
Recipe from Lyuba @ willcookforsmiles.com
Ingredients
- Chicken Meatballs:
- 1 lb ground chicken
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 1 egg
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 tsp fresh minced dill weed
- salt and pepper to taste
- Soup:
- 2 tbs vegetable oil
- 1/2 large yellow onion, diced
- 2 medium carrots, shredded
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 tbs vegetable oil
- chicken meatballs
- 4 cups of chicken stock
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cup of orzo
- 1 tsp minced fresh dill weed
Instructions
- Meatballs: In a mixing bowl, combine the meat, crushed garlic, bread crumbs, egg, minced dill weed, salt and pepper. Mix until all evenly incorporated. Divide it into small meatballs and leave on a trey while you saute the veggies.
- Preheat 2 tbs of oil in a soup pot, over medium heat. Add diced onion and shredded carrots. Raise the heat to medium-high and saute the veggies until they begin to caramelize. Stir often.
- When they are nicely golden, add the crushed garlic and lower the heat back to medium. Saute until garlic is fragrant then take the veggies out of the pot and set aside.
- Add the other 2 tbs of oil and the meatballs. Cook the meatballs until mostly done, turning them after the bottom becomes golden.
- (Great flavor comes for caramelized onions and chicken meatballs and it will all transfer into the soup. )
- Once the meatballs are almost cooked, add the veggies back into the pot and then add the chicken stock.
- Add the bay leaf, salt and pepper. Cook, covered, for about 15 minutes.
- Add orzo and dill weed and cook until orzo is done. (About 10 minutes but make sure to taste the orzo to check.)
- Take out the bay leaf and serve!
Notes
Recipe from Lyuba @ willcookforsmiles.co
- 1/2 large yellow onion
- 1 tbs veggie oil
- 2 chicken breasts
- 5-6 cups of water
- 1 whole bay leaf
- little bit of salt
- _____
- 3 large tomatoes (skin peeled off)
- 1 tbs vegetable oil
- 1/2 large yellow onion (from above, in stock)
- 2 shredded chicken breasts (from above)
- 2 1/2 cups of stock (from above)
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes (you can adjust to taste)
- 1/4 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp minced fresh cilantro
- Topping: Grated Monterrey Jack cheese
- Topping: Sour Cream (optional)
- Topping: toasted tortilla strips (optional)
Instructions
- In a large pot, preheat the vegetable oil and add sliced onions. Saute for a couple of minutes, until fragrant. Add water and chicken breasts. Bring to boil and add the bay leaf and salt. Lower the heat to medium-low and cook the stock for about 1 1/2 hours. (White foam-like substance will appear at the top, in the beginning, just take it off with a spoon and discard.)
- Take out the chicken breast, shred it using two forks and set aside. Pour the stock into a separate container and set aside for a minute. Discard the bay leaf.
- (Couple of easy ways to peel the tomatoes: 1-you can make a criss-cross cut on top of tomatoes and drop them into boiling water for just a couple of minutes and the skin will be easy to peel off. 2 - you can just use a potato peeler of the tomatoes are firm enough.)
- Return the pot to the medium heat and add 1 tbs of vegetable oil.
- Dice the peeled tomatoes and add them to the pot. Salt the tomatoes a little, so they give out juice faster. Saute for a couple of minutes and add the shredded chicken.
- Add the 2 1/2 cups of stock and the onions to the pot and stir well. (You can refrigerate the remaining stock in an air-tight container and use it in cooking or a quick soup. The shelf life is not too long, only a little over a week, so use it pretty quick.)
- Add red pepper flakes and cumin. Taste to see if you need to add more salt. Cook on medium heat for about 15 minutes.
- Add the heavy cream and freshly minced cilantro. Cook for a couple more minutes and serve.
- Top off with some cheese and sour cream before serving.
Notes
Recipe from Lyuba @ willcookforsmiles.com
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1/2 medium yellow onion, diced
- 3 tbs olive oil
- 1 large tomato, peeled and diced
- 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
- 1/2 yellow bell pepper, diced
- 1/2 green bell pepper, diced
- 3 cups of beef broth
- 2 tbs tomato paste
- 3/4 cup of dry Jasmine rice (that's my favorite but you can use whichever you like)
- 1 tsp dry basil
- 1/2 tsp dry oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a large pot, over medium heat, heat up the oil and add diced onion, tomato and peppers. Saute for a few minutes, until fragrant and onion starts to be transparent.
- Add the ground beef and mix well. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the beef is mostly cooked.
- Add the beef broth and tomato paste. Stir well until all the tomato paste is incorporated.
- Add basil, oregano, salt and pepper. Taste to make sure you have enough salt.
- Cook for about 15 minutes, covered.
- Add rice and lower the heat to low. Cover and wait until the rice is done.
- Serve once the rice is cooked.
Notes
Recipe from Lyuba @ willcookforsmiles.com All images and content are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to share this recipe, please simply link back to this post for the recipe. Thank you.
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