Tortilla Soup

This soup base is packed with nutrition from a variety of veggies, including celery, yellow squash, and cabbage. Other chunky ingredients are added toward the end of processing for interesting texture.

Ingredients

• 3 cups (720 ml) chicken, beef, or vegetable broth
• 1 Roma tomato, halved or about 1/2 cup chopped
• 1 carrot, halved or about 1/2 cup chopped
• 1 rib celery, halved or about 1/3 cup chopped
• 1 thin slice of onion, peeled or approximately 1 Tablespoon chopped
• 1 garlic clove, peeled
• 1 thin slice of yellow squash
• 1 thin slice of red bell pepper
• 1 mushroom
• 1 teaspoon taco seasoning
• Dash ground cumin
• Salt and ground black pepper, to taste
• Optional Ingredients:
• 1/2 cup (70 g) cooked chicken breast
• 1/2 fresh jalapeño
• 1/4 cup black beans
• 1/4 cup (50 g) canned corn, unsalted
• 2 ounces (60 g) tortilla chips

Directions

1. Place broth, tomato, carrot, celery, onion, garlic, squash, bell pepper, cabbage, mushroom and seasonings into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid.
2. Select Variable 1.
3. Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to Variable 10, then to High.
4. Blend for 6-7 minutes or until steam escapes from the vented lid.
5. If adding optional ingredients, reduce speed to Variable 2.
6. Remove the lid plug.
7. Drop in chicken, jalapeños, olives, corn, and chips.
8. Blend for an additional 1-5 seconds.

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