Tortilla Soup

Husband has not been feeling well for the last week and requested some soup. He had just eaten about 3 cans of Campbell's chicken noodle so... yeah, chicken noodle was out. (Although I do a really good one that I'll share at some point in the future). He's sick with a sinus infection and likes spicy food so I thought, TORTILLA! Awesome.

Ingredients: 

• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1/2 a white onion - chopped
• 2 tsp chili powder
• 6 c. chicken broth
• 2 c. chicken - chopped or shredded
• 1 can black beans - drained
• 1 spicy pepper
• juice of 3 limes
• monterrey jack cheese - to taste
• cilantro - to taste
• salt - to taste
• avocado - to taste
• tortilla chips - to taste

How To Cook It:

• over medium heat, heat the olive oil 
• add onion, saute until translucent (about 3 minutes)
• add chili powder, stir until fragrant (about 1 minute)
• add chicken broth and chicken, bring to a boil
• reduce to medium heat, add black beans and spicy pepper, heat through
• let simmer about 10 min
• spoon into bowls and add toppings to taste

For heat, I'll usually add more than one spicy pepper or I'll leave a few seeds in. Also, as you can see, I used a red onion. White, in my opinion really does give better flavor. And last, I usually blob some sour cream in my soup because husband likes it a lot spicier than I do; I also like my broth a bit creamier than he does. Obviously you can add a myriad of other things too: tomatoes, corn, etc. according to your taste. Soup is really hard to screw up (which is why I love to make it).