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  Chicken Tortilla Soup
  soups
  DeniseYaeger
  2012-12-27 10:43:10
  
 
  4 1/2 cloves  Garlic
1 1/2  Onion
1/4 cup and 1 teaspoon  Margarine
3 tablespoons  All purpose flour
5 cans (14 oz)  Chicken Broth
6 cups  Half and Half
2 cans  Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup
1 1/2 cups  Fresh Salsa
2 (15 oz)  Canned Creamed Corn
9 Cooked and Shredded  Bonless Chicken Breasts
1 Tablespoon  Ground Cumin
2 packets (1.27 oz)  Dry Fajita Mix
1/4 cup and 1 tsp  Chopped Cilantro
  Tortilla Chips
  Cheese (Monterey, Mexican)
 
 

In a large pot over medium heat, saute the garlic and onion in the margarine for 5 minutes.  Add flour and stir well, cooking for 1 minute more.  Add the broth and half and half.  Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low.   Add the soup, salsa, corn, chicken, cumin, fajita seasoning and 2 tablespoons cilantro.  Stir and continue to heat for 15 minutes.  Crumble tortilla chips into individual bowls, and 1/2 oz shredded chees to each bowl and ladle in soup.  Top each bowl with more chips and cheese and remaining cilantro and serve.

I just add the cilantro all at once instead of putting in bowls when serving.

 A helpful hint for the chicken to shred it...If you have a KitchenAid mixer, put the hot chicken in to bowl and use the attachement that looks like a peace symbol and turn on mixer to low and the chicken will shred nicely.