This homemade Mexican-style chicken soup is so rich in intriguing flavors, vibrant in color, and full of tantalizing aromas, that fills your kitchen! It’s usually made by combining chicken broth, tomatoes, onion, garlic, and fried tortillas. There are dozens of variations to add after that. I’ve added cooked chicken along with fiber-rich black beans and hominy for texture. The skinny for 1 cup, 180 calories and 4 grams of fat. This recipe’s always a huge hit with everyone. It’s so hearty, satisfying and can be served as the main course too!
Helpful Tips About this Recipe
Food Facts
Tortilla soup is so popular. You see it served in a variety of restaurants. It’s so versatile with dozens of ways to make it. It originated in Mexico.
Hominy is a yellow or white corn that has its hull removed mechanically or by soaking in lime.
Health Benefits
Black beans are digested slowly and can suppress your appetite for hours. They’re packed with fiber, iron, B vitamins, and folate.
Rinsing canned beans and hominy before adding to soups greatly reduces the sodium content.
Shopping Tips
I love the flavor of smoked paprika. It smells like BBQ flavors and really enhances the smokey flavor of this soup. You’ll find it in most supermarkets in the spice aisle. Or, you can just use regular paprika.
Serving Tips
If you want to create a soup and salad meal, serve this soup with Skinny Guacamole Salad Sticks.
Make this a main-course meal by serving 1 cup of soup with my recipe, Oh Boy It’s Taco Night. Another main course idea is to start with a 2 cup serving of soup and add chopped avocado, tomato, shredded reduced-fat cheese, and chopped cilantro on the side. Let everybody customize their own bowl.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 1-Blue
WW SmartPoints 4-Green
Tortilla soup is so popular. You see it served in a variety of restaurants. It’s so versatile with dozens of ways to make it. It originated in Mexico.
Hominy is a yellow or white corn that has its hull removed mechanically or by soaking in lime.
Health Benefits
Black beans are digested slowly and can suppress your appetite for hours. They’re packed with fiber, iron, B vitamins, and folate.
Rinsing canned beans and hominy before adding to soups greatly reduces the sodium content.
Shopping Tips
I love the flavor of smoked paprika. It smells like BBQ flavors and really enhances the smokey flavor of this soup. You’ll find it in most supermarkets in the spice aisle. Or, you can just use regular paprika.
Serving Tips
If you want to create a soup and salad meal, serve this soup with Skinny Guacamole Salad Sticks.
Make this a main-course meal by serving 1 cup of soup with my recipe, Oh Boy It’s Taco Night. Another main course idea is to start with a 2 cup serving of soup and add chopped avocado, tomato, shredded reduced-fat cheese, and chopped cilantro on the side. Let everybody customize their own bowl.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 1-Blue
WW SmartPoints 4-Green
| SKINNY FACTS: for 1 cup (not including tortilla chips on top) 180 calories, 4g fat, 1g sat.fat, 56mg chol, 21g protein, 17g carbs, 4g fiber, 584mg sodium, 3g sugar |
| FACTS: for Freestyle SmartPoints 48 calories, 0g sat. fat, 1g protein, 1g sugar |
