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How to make Tracy Rubenstein’s Aunt Phyllis’ ‘Chicken Tortilla Soup’

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Last winter, as the temperatures dropped, the Morning Light email began running the Wednesday Super Soup Spectacular, a weekly dive into the Jewish Light archives where more than 100 soup recipes live quietly, yearning to be rediscovered. This winter we’re turning to you at home, asking you to share your favorite soup recipes, old and new, with other Jewish Light readers.

If you have a recipe you would like to share email me at [email protected]

Today’s recipe comes from Tracy Rubenstein, who “borrowed” this recipe for “Chicken Tortilla Soup” from her Aunt Phyllis Schulman. So, after you make this, be sure to blow Aunt Phyliss a kiss and thank her for warming up our tummies with her soup.

Thanks, Tracy! Soup’s on!

Chicken Tortilla Soup

Use shredded chicken. You can use rotisserie.

Put in the crockpot with taco seasoning or just use chili powder and cumin. (I’ve done both. Your choice. Get the seasoning cooked into the chicken first.)

Add chicken broth. One box or more depending on how many you are serving.

One jar of Pace Medium Salsa

Diced or stewed tomatoes cut up, and/or one can of Rotel – (I use mild but I don’t like spicy.)

One can of corn. (I add a can of black beans, too.)

Cook in crockpot.

Add toppings: shredded cheese, sour cream, scallions etc.

Add mini tortilla strips you find in the salad dressing section.

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Jordan worked at KSDK from 1995 to 2020. Jordan is a three-time Emmy award winner who produced every kind of show from news to specials during his tenure, creating Show Me St. Louis, The Cardinal Nation Show. He started ksdk.com in 2001 and won three Edward R. Murrow Awards for journalistic and website excellence in 2010, 2014 and 2020. Jordan has been married for 25 years and is the father of two college students. He is an avid biker, snowboarder, and beer lover. He created the blog drink314.com, focusing on the St. Louis beer community in 2015. Jordan has an incredible and vast knowledge of useless information and is the grandson of a Cleveland bootlegger.