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- From: oday@hplabs (Vicki O'Day)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Tortilla Soup
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- Date: 20 Jun 86 03:39:31 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE TORTILLA-SOUP SPV "18 Mar 86" 1986
- .RZ "TORTILLA SOUP" "A spicy soup with cheese, tomatoes, and corn"
- This is a recipe from Salmagundi, a San Francisco soup restaurant chain.
- .IH "Serves 12"
- .IG "3 lbs" "chicken pieces" "1.5 kg"
- .IG "16 cups" "water" "4 l"
- .IG "1 tsp" "celery seed" "5 ml"
- .IG "1 tsp" "black peppercorns" "5 ml"
- .IG "2" "garlic cloves,"
- peeled
- .IG "1 lb" "canned whole peeled tomatoes" "500 g"
- (do not drain\(emreserve the liquid)
- .IG "1" "onion,"
- cut into
- .AB "\(12-inch" "1-cm"
- pieces.
- .IG "1" "green pepper,"
- cut into
- .AB "\(12-inch" "1-cm"
- pieces.
- .IG "3" "sprigs fresh cilantro"
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "ground cumin" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "\(14 tsp" "cayenne or chili powder" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "\(14 tsp" "ground white pepper" "1 ml"
- .IG "1" "clove garlic,"
- minced
- .IG "10 oz" "frozen corn" "300 g"
- .IG "4" "green onions,"
- coarsely chopped
- .IG "" "salt"
- .IG "1 cup" "cooked rice" "180 g"
- (cook
- .AB "3 oz" "75 g"
- of raw rice to get that much cooked rice)
- .IG "2 tsp" "minced parsley" "10 ml"
- .IG "4 oz" "tortilla chips" "100 g"
- .IG "\(12 lb" "grated cheddar cheese" "200 g"
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Combine chicken and water in stockpot. Add celery seed,
- peppercorns and garlic tied in cheesecloth. Cover, bring
- to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 45 minutes.
- .SK 2
- Remove chicken from broth and let cool. Strain broth
- and return to pot.
- .SK 3
- Add tomatoes, onion, green pepper, cilantro, cumin, cayenne,
- white pepper and garlic. Cover and simmer 30 minutes.
- .SK 4
- Add corn and green onion. Simmer 10 minutes. While this
- is cooking, skin and bone the chicken pieces and cut the
- meat into bite-size pieces.
- .SK 5
- Add salt to taste. Add the chicken, rice and parsley
- to the broth, and heat through.
- .SK 6
- Garnish each bowl with a few crisp tortilla chips (homemade
- are best, or those made in a homemade style) and some grated
- cheddar cheese.
- .NX
- I usually make this with leftover chicken. You don't
- actually need a whole chicken worth\(emeven a small amount
- will do. In this case, I use a mixture of chicken broth
- and water (about 2/3 chicken broth) for the liquid.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy.
- .I Time:
- 2 hours, most of it simmering.
- .I Precision:
- approximate measurement OK.
- .WR
- Vicki O'Day
- Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto CA
- hplabs!oday
-