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!
Ingredients
Ingredients for Soup:
- 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2½ cups chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons chopped garlic
- 2 (6-inch) corn tortillas, chopped
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika, shopping tips below
- 1½ teaspoons chili powder, shopping tips below
- 1½ teaspoons cumin, shopping tips below
- 1½ teaspoons garlic powder, shopping tips below
- black pepper, to taste, shopping tips below
- 6 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth, I like Swanson’s
- 1 (15 oz) can diced tomatoes
- 1 (14 oz) can yellow hominy, drained and rinsed or corn
- 1 (14 oz) can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 2 cups cooked chopped chicken
- Juice of 1 lime
Ingredients for Topping: optional
- 1¼ cups reduced-fat tortilla chips, crushed
Instructions
- In a large nonstick pot, add olive oil, onions, and garlic. Sauté for 1 minute.
- Add chopped tortillas, tomato paste, smoked paprika, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder, and black pepper, to taste. Sauté for 2 minutes.
- Stir in chicken broth and tomatoes. Bring up to a boil, turn down heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Add hominy, beans, chicken, and fresh-squeezed lime juice. Mix well. Cook 10 minutes more.
- Top with some crushed tortilla chips, if desired.
Notes
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
WW POINTS PLUS 4
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
WW POINTS PLUS 4
| 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 |
Skinny Facts
Serving: 2cupsCalories: 180kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 21gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 56mgSodium: 584mgFiber: 4gSugar: 3gBlue Smart Points: 1Green Smart Points: 4Plus Points: 4
I made this and it’s delicious! Thanks for the great recipe.
So happy you loved this soup. It’s one of my family’s favorites!
All the best,
Nancy
This is one of my favorite soups! Just to note, I ordered the spice blend you recommend and cannot wait to give them a try. Their website is: http://pasospices.com. Any recipe suggestions for their curry blends?
Thanks for all the great recipes!
Thanks so much for letting me know Sherry. I love their spices and hope you do too. You might want to try the curry blend in my chicken curry salad. Here’s the link: https://www.skinnykitchen.com/recipes/skinny-chicken-curry-salad/
Or in my homemade curry dressing:https://www.skinnykitchen.com/recipes/nancys-skinny-curry-dressing/
Have fun!
Nancy
My wife and I absolutely loved this recipe! So many great flavors happening with the great mix of spices and ingredients. The smoked paprika adds that extra touch, and the hominy provides a great mouthfeel as well as a subtle masa flavor. Definitely doubling next time as there were no leftovers!
Hi John,
Thanks so much for your amazing feedback! I’m delighted you and your wife loved this soup.
All the best,
Nancy
How many points is purple?
Zoa, I’m so sorry but at this point, I’ll only be including Blue and Green points. For all of these years, I use a different program than WW to input all of my recipes to do the nutrition facts and points.
I have hundreds of recipes and don’t have the time to input them into WW to make the calculations for the purple plan. Maybe in the future.
My best,
Nancy