SMALL BAGS OF TORTILLA CHIPS RECIPES

My mother would make this for me as a child, and now I make it for my family. My husband loves it, and it's very easy to make. It's cheesy, and the chile peppers give it a little kick.

Provided by Tara

Categories     Chicken Breasts

Total Time 35 minutes

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 725.1 calories, CarbohydrateContent 64.9 g, CholesterolContent 81.1 mg, FatContent 35.1 g, FiberContent 4.3 g, ProteinContent 36.5 g, SaturatedFatContent 8.7 g, SodiumContent 1826.5 mg, SugarContent 8.5 g

After years of fielding requests to clone the delicious signature soup from this 100-unit chain, I was finally able to secure a couple carry-out samples from Max & Erma's at the Cleveland airport while I was there on a biz trip. Wrapped in a bundle of napkins and tucked into a carry-on bag, my samples arrived home in Vegas still warm and ready for analysis. For this one you'll need some white and dark fillets of chicken and a half pound hunk of cheese to shred. It's all that Cheddar cheese that makes this tortilla soup so good. And you'll definitely want to shred your own, since the pre-shredded stuff—while also more expensive—just doesn't melt as well in the chicken broth as cheese that's been shredded just before it goes into the pot.  Update 2/8/17: This recipe may work better if you first make a sauce with the cheese before adding it to the soup. After step #2, combine 2 tablespoons of butter with 2 tablespoons of flour in a medium saucepan. Whisk in 1 cup of milk until thickened, about 3 minutes. Remove it from the heat and stir in the cheese until it's melted. Keep the cheese sauce warm over low heat until you need it. Reduce the cornstarch to 1 tablespoon and dissolve it into the chicken broth in a large saucepan. Add the chicken, sauteed vegetables, and remaining ingredients for the soup (except the cheese sauce) and bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer 10 minutes. Stir in the cheese sauce and simmer the soup for another 10 minutes while you bounce to step #4. Find more of your favorite famous soup recipes here. Source: Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 3 by Todd Wilbur.

Provided by Todd Wilbur

Total Time 25 minutes0S

Prep Time 12 minutes30S

Cook Time 12 minutes30S

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 460 calories