Tortilla Soup
I needed to clean out the fridge leftovers so yesterday I made a very healthy tortilla soup. :-) (I used my recently thrifted $1.00 giant, hand thrown and signed pottery plate! ) I boiled the leftover chicken leg quarter with a half an onion, celery and seasoned it with sage, bullion, black pepper, turmeric, paprika and cayenne pepper, simmering it for a couple of hours. I removed the chicken to debone it. I added the last of my baby carrots, chopped into chunky circles and some salad tomatoes that were looking a bit sad. A half a bag of sweet frozen corn and a can of black beans went into the stock. I found a cup of ground beef left over from tortillas earlier in the week and tossed that in despite the fact I was putting in shredded chicken. While all that simmered and blended in the crock pot, I took the last of the corn tortillas and sliced them and fried in 1 T of olive oil until crisp. (It was a GARNISH for heavens sake. I...