Tortilla Soup, Mexico City Style

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This recipe is #4 in a series of easy recipes for Cinco de Mayo.

As you read in a previous post, we just love Tortilla soup so on our recent trip to Mexico City we had to order some, right? (I mean WOW we were in Mexico City after all!)

Well, we were surprised at what we got.

First of all, the presentation was awesome.  We ordered this soup at three different restaurants all over Mexico City, and the presentation was the same each time. (Now, this could be the way that all soup is served, but we would like to think it was special for the Tortilla soup).

This is what they did: The waiter brought a bowl to the table, which had only some skinny tortilla strips in the bottom. Next, another server came out with a pitcher (like you would serve water in) and then poured out a (second surprise) a thick tomato soup into the bowl.  Next we were presented with a small plate that had a variety of toppings for the soup, usually chicharrones (fried pork skins), diced avocado chunks, diced cheese and some diced chilies.

We were used to having tortilla soup as a broth based soup, not tomato soup! But you will be happy to know, the whole thing was fantastic! The thick creamy tomato soup with all the toppings was wonderful. We are now converted to this new, Mexico City Style Tortilla Soup.

Here is the best part:  Trader Joe’s makes it easy to prepare this soup as they sell a fantastic creamy tomato soup in a box- the basis for this whole meal already ready to heat and eat! Yeah!

What you need:

Soup:

  • 1 qt. Trader Joe’s Creamy Tomato soup

Toppings:

  • Tortilla chips (leftovers are great)
  • Diced avocado
  • Grated cheese
  • Trader Joe’s diced green chilies (optional, but they add nice heat to this dish)
  • Trader Joe’s sour cream or Durango Dip

How to:

1. Heat up the Trader Joe’s Creamy Tomato soup

2. Pour into a bowl and pass the toppings

What could be easier?

So try this easy and tasty Tortilla Soup, Mexico City Style today.