This lovely soup is good game day grub, and it’s a good, warm bowl of comfort for winter too. Loaded with things like beans, potato, chicken and sausage, it’s a nice, filling choice for lunch or dinner. Leftovers are excellent too.
How to make Chicken Tortilla Sausage Soup:
Chicken, sausage and garlic are sautéed, and then bell peppers, onions and potato are added in too. The sautéed mixture is combined with kidney beans, tomatoes, corn, pepperoncini juice and a little bit of hot sauce. Finally, chicken broth is added in, and the soup is simmered until the potatoes are tender. Garnishes are added on top.
What kind of sausage should you use?
The recipe calls for using either chorizo sausage or turkey kielbasa. You should be able to find chorizo in your local market (ask if you cannot find it). Chorizo usually has some spice added to it, making this more of a spicy Mexican soup. Turkey kielbasa will be a lighter choice for adding to this soup.
The Garnishes:
Chopped green onions and chopped fresh cilantro will be a nice garnish for the top of this soup. Shredded cheese melted on top is delicious. And maybe finish it off with sour cream and crushed tortilla chips. If you can locate blue corn tortilla chips, that makes the soup more visually interesting and colorful!
How to make this soup Weight Watchers friendly:
This soup can be WW friendly if you make a couple of adjustments. Be sure to use turkey kielbasa (it will be lighter in fat and calories than the chorizo). Skip the tortilla chips and cheese (or count those as extra points). Point totals using these adjustments are included at the top of this post. The recipe makes six servings, so divide it up evenly to get your serving size (it should be pretty generous). If you want to decrease points even further, eliminate the potato (but you’ll have to re-calculate points if you skip the potato).
Here are a few more soup recipes you might like to try:
Wild Rice, Mushroom and Sausage Soup Easy Cheeseburger Soup Roasted Chicken Noodle Soup Easy Smoked Sausage and White Bean Soup Lemon Chicken Rice Soup Loaded Potato Soup Pantry Vegetable Beef Soup Easy French Onion Soup
Thanks to Tara Liptak from the blog, Smells Like Home for the beautiful photography on this post.
