Thursday evening, 10/17/13~
I made a large pot of chicken tortilla soup this evening. I had bought a rotisserie chicken from Costco yesterday and made a chicken salad with some of the chicken. However, there was plenty of chicken still on the bones. So I took the remaining chicken off the bones, cooked the bones in water to make a soup base then added:
Chopped onions, carrots and celery; 1 can of creamed corn; 1 can of pinto beans, 1 can of white beans, canned diced tomatoes. Spices to taste: garlic powder, salt and pepper, cumin powder, hot pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, 21 Seasons. Add the chicken which you had removed from the bones before cooking the bones. Let all ingredients simmer to blend the flavors. Just before serving, add strips of corn tortillas. Low fat and very yummy. Play around with this to suit your particular tastes.