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Friday Night Dinner for $28 without using coupons or any stockpiling may not seem like a great deal, but what if you can have 3 dinners out of it?? Friday Freezer Dinners are back and this time we’re having Chicken Tortilla Soup. The great thing about tortilla soup is that you can add or eliminate any items your not interested in adding. Personally, I’m not a bean person but in a soup it adds extra flavor, protein, and can thicken a soup up instantly. Chicken Tortilla Soup is one of these meals that we can all make easily, but adding it to your dinner rotation is something we tend to forget. By cooking it ahead of time, you take the thinking out and add the extra meal to your freezer.
Ingredients:
1 large bulk size tray of chicken or 2 rotisserie chickens. Chicken must be cooked before assembly of soup.
2- 15oz cans of black beans
2- 15oz cans of red kidney beans
2- 15oz cans of pinto beans
2- 15oz cans of whole kernel corn
1 14.5 oz-20 oz or larger size of diced tomatoes
1 cup of diced onions
1 cup of diced bell peppers (I used the frozen bag onion/bell pepper version to save time)
1 5 oz can of green Verde Salsa (if desired)
4-6 cups of clear chicken broth
1 bag of tortilla chips or 10 tortillas sliced in strips that have been baked for 10 mins in 350 degree temp.
2 tablespoons Badia Complete Seasoning (that is just my preference but if you have a seasoning mix w/ salt/pepper/parsley/oregano combo
2 cups of cheese
Add all beans, corn, tomatoes, onion/bell peppers, green verde salsa, seasonings and broth in large stock pot. Let cook on medium for 15 min, then simmer for 10-15 mins. Dinner will be done! Add cheese & baked tortillas/chips to a bowl of chicken tortilla soup for garnishment & crunch. After soup has been completely cooled off, you can add to freezer containers. For my family, I was able to do make 2 containers to freeze & a lunch out of any leftover tortilla soup. Make once a month and you have an automatic 2 extra meals for the next 2 week or more.
Simple recipes can be added to your freezer for an instant family workweek dinner or take along with you to a friends house for a football party gathering.
What is your favorite recipe to make in bulk?
It’s 7am and now I want dinner! MMmmmmm that looks soooo good!!!
WOW – Another fabulous freezer recipe – thank you!
I was just realizing I forgot to pull something out for dinner, I have everything but pinto beans. Going to try it without those. Thanks for the dinner idea!
This soup looks so yummy….. ill be cooking it this fall!
I will have to try this, I have made taco soup my kids did not love but this seems different.Thanks for linking up to Friday FOod Frenzy have a great weekend. http://www.stayingclosetohome.com/2012/09/friday-food-frenzy-week-2.html
You make the yummiest looking food. Can I move in with you?
Dawn
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It really is a good deal when ordering a pizza is more than that with tip!
I love tortilla soup, and this one looks yummy!