Crockpot Chicken Tortilla Soup

After posting about this on yesterday's Hodgepodge, I got several requests for the actual recipe... so here you go!

Chicken Tortilla Soup (Crockpot)

1 1/2 lbs boneless chicken, cooked and shredded (or if you are in a hurry, you can use frozen grilled chicken strips - unseasoned)
1 can (15 oz) petite diced tomatoes
1 can (15 oz) enchilada sauce
1 medium onion, chopped
1 can (4 or 7 oz) chopped green chilies
1 clove garlic, minced
2 cups water
1 can (14 oz) chicken broth
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp salt
1 tsp chili powder
1/4 tsp black pepper
1 bay leaf
1 pkg (10 oz) frozen white corn

In crock pot, combine all ingredients.  Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours

6-10 corn tortillas
kosher salt

Preheat oven (or toaster oven) to 400 degrees.  Lightly brush sides of tortillas with some vegetable oil.  Cut tortills into strips.  Spread onto a baking sheet and sprinkle with salt.  Bake, turning occasionally, until crisp.  (You can also just cut the tortillas and put them in the pan and THEN drizzle oil over them and mix them all around).

Sprinkle tortilla chips over soup and then garnish as you desire - I use sour cream, jack cheese, and avocado.  Delicious!!

Mucho Fun in the Hodgeypodgey

Yea, it's Wednesday!  Things have been a little crazy since my hubs came home from Afghanistan last week, but I wouldn't trade it for ANYTHING!    So... on to this week's Hodgepodge!  




1. What's your favorite meal to serve on a chilly autumn evening?

Chicken tortilla soup from the crockpot.  I made it just last night, in fact... absolutely delicious!  Topped with sour cream, cheese, and avocado... yummy!!!

2. Are you a creature of habit? Explain.

For the most part, yes.  Perhaps this is too much information, but when I shower, I clean and shave in the same order every time.  I don't know why, but if I lose track, I have been known to double condition my hair on accident.  Which just makes for greasy hair.  Blech.  Surely there is a better example than that to show how I am a creature of habit, but that's what came to my mind first.  Sorry!

3. What food product (no longer readily available) do you remember and miss from days gone by?

Strawberries from my grandmother's garden.

4. What's something you've lost that you've never been able to find? Any theories as to what happened?

After my daughter, Middle C, was born, my hubby bought me a "Mommy Ring" with the birthstones of my kids in it.  I took it off one day when I was working on the computer and never saw it again.  Unfortunately, I think our babysitter may have taken it.  I asked her about it and she acted very strange about it.  Sigh.

Another item I've lost is small aviator wings on a necklace that my hubs gave me a few years ago.  I have NO idea where it went.  But I miss those two items every day.

5. Zoo~circus~ carnival...your favorite?

Zoo!  Especially when they do a good job of actually educating the public about the animals instead of just making them perform.

6. What song makes you feel instantly happy?

7. To what extent are you an argumentative person?

Oh goodness, I'm not argumentative per say, but I am definitely a fighter if I think someone is trying to get away with something (say, at the car dealership!) or if I or someone else has been wronged in some way.  I once went to small claims court in San Diego because of a horrible travel incident that ended up costing us thousands of dollars.  Did I mention that we lived in Florida at the time?  So yep, took the guy to court... travelled back and forth from CA three times to fight him in court... and in the end, even though the judges sided with me, the guy fled to Mexico and never paid me.  So, the end result wasn't monetarily satisfying, but I fought it and won... that's what matters!  (OK, the money matters a little...)

8. Insert your own random thought here.

I just heard the news that Steve Jobs has passed away.  This last deployment would have been so much more difficult without his ingenious creations.  It's always so sad when someone so young and talented loses his life.  But more importantly, I really hope that he was saved.  That he knew the Lord and was welcomed into glory upon his passing.