Tortilla Soup

Ingredients

½ roast chicken (either make it yourself or I usually get one from the market, can use any chicken really)

Olive oil

½ cup diced onions

2 cloves of garlic minced

1 green bell pepper diced

1 red bell pepper diced

1 yellow bell pepper diced (optional)

1 can of black beans drained and rinsed

1 can of diced roasted tomatoes with green chilies (or just get the regular tomatoes and a can of green chilies)

1 can or fresh corn

1 box of chicken broth

Dash of cumin

Salt and pepper to taste

Lime juice to taste

Hot sauce to taste

Garnishes (very important)

avocado

tortilla chips

cilantro (finely chopped)

pepper jack cheese grated

fresh cherry tomatoes sliced in half (optional)

Heat olive oil in a stockpot or soup pot. When the oil is hot, add the garlic and onions.  After the onions are translucent, add the bell peppers and sauté. Add the diced tomatoes with chilies and black beans.  Then add chicken stock to just cover the ingredients.  Add the corn and last add the chicken.  Simmer for awhile and add more chicken broth and the chicken from the roast chicken so everything gets to know each other.  Add the salt, pepper, cumin, lime, and hot sauce until it tastes just delicious and a little spicy.

To serve, ladle the soup into a bowl.  Crumble some tortilla chips into the soup.  Sprinkle some pepper jack, cilantro, and cherry tomatoes and finish with some slices of the good stuff (avocado).