Vegetarian Tortilla Soup with Avocado
Ingredients
- 3 flour tortillas, cut into strips
- cooking spray
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil, or as needed
- 1 ½ cups chopped onion
- ¼ cup chopped red bell peppers
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can stewed tomatoes with juice, chopped
- 2 cups diced zucchini
- 2 cups frozen sweet corn
- ½ cup diced mushrooms
- 5 cups vegetable broth
- ¾ tablespoon chili powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons hot pepper sauce
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 avocado - peeled, pitted, and sliced
- 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Shop ingredients
Instacart® is a registered trademark of Maplebear Inc.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Arrange tortilla strips on a baking sheet and lightly with cooking spray.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden and crispy, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Heat peanut oil in a stockpot over medium-high heat; saute onion, red bell pepper, and garlic until onion is translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Add tomatoes with juice, zucchini, corn, and mushrooms; saute until zucchini is slightly softened, 3 to 4 minutes.
- Mix vegetable broth, chili powder, hot sauce, salt, and pepper into vegetable mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer soup until vegetables are tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Stir cilantro into soup and remove stockpot from heat.
- Ladle soup into serving bowls; top with tortilla strips, avocado slices, and Monterey Jack cheese.
Source
Original recipe: View Original