Mexican Corn Soup

By margiekyle

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• 2 Tablespoons oil
• 1/2 medium green bell pepper chopped
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1/2 pound ground beef
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped jalapeno
• 1 or 2 pinches red pepper flakes, according to amount of heat you want
• 1 1.25 ounce package taco seasoning mix
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 32 ounce box chicken broth, low salt
• 1 14.5 ounce creamed corn
• 1 10.5 ounce can cream of chicken soup
• 1 1/4 cups milk (1 soup can full)
• 3 green onions chopped
• 1 teaspoon fresh cilantro chopped fine (Optional)
• 6 corn tortillas (plus 5 for garnish)
• GARNISH WITH ANY OR ALL OF THESE
• 1 Tablespoon sour cream
• 1 Tablespoon chunky salsa
• diced avacado
• mexican blend shredded cheese
• thin strips of corn tortillas fried crispy

Details

Servings 6
Adapted from justapinch.com

Preparation

Step 1

Heat the oil in a 5 quart pot and saute the bell pepper and celery for about 5 minutes to soften. Add the ground meat, jalepeno peppers, taco seasoning, garlic powder, cumin, and cinnamon and saute until the meat is browned (about 5 more minutes).

Add the chicken broth. Cover and simmer for about 10 minutes then add the creamed corn, cream of chicken soup, milk, green onion and cilantro. Add a pinch of red pepper flakes (more if you want it spicier)

Place 6 corn tortillas in a stack and cut them into 1/2 to 1 inch squares. When the soup comes back up to a simmer add the cut up tortillas and continue to simmer, covered, until the tortillas are just about totally dissolved in the soup (about 15 minutes) Stir often to keep soup from scorching .
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erve and enjoy with any or all of the suggested garnishes. If you want a crunchy garnish, stack the extra 5 tortillas and slice them into thin strips and fry them in hot oil for a few minutes until they are starting to turn a shade darker and are nice and crispy. Drain on paper towels. Then just add as much as you want to each serving. Of all the garnishes you will definitely want a spoon of sour cream in each serving.