Last night I made Mexican tortilla soup for the first time ever. It was pretty good but there are some things I need to change for next time. I toasted, soaked and pureed the dried chilies but there were still some dry, flaky bits in the soup which I didn’t like. I might try pureeing for longer or just using a good quality chili powder instead (not very traditional but who cares!) I suppose I could try straining the chili puree but that seems like a lot of extra work. The other thing was that it was a little thin. I know that’s how it is supposed to be but I might add some zucchini or corn next time for added bulk. I was a bit spooked at the idea of deep-frying my own tortilla strips but it was really easy. I only needed about 1/2 cup of oil and the strips fried really nicely; no smoke, sputtering or grease fires. I may have to start frying my own corn chips. That way I can make chips that are the perfect shape for scooping salsa. Robert and I decided that trapezoids would work best because you always end up biting off one corner of the triangle chips in order to get the right amount of salsa onto the chip. Look for my tortilla soup recipe on elliemay.com soon.
ellie!
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Comment by Anonymous — February 13, 2005 @ 3:24 pm
tortilla soup sounds great.
Comment by Anonymous — June 25, 2005 @ 8:52 am