Are you looking for a great-tasting meal with ingredients that you can always keep on hand? Try this recipe for chicken tortilla soup. It’s pretty much as easy as a recipe can get and still be called homemade. Just keep the ingredients on hand in your pantry and you will always have a simple go-to recipe for those hectic days when your only other option would be take-out. If you are working on storing food for emergencies, this is a great pantry-cooking meal. And unlike many other pantry cooking meals, this recipe has simple ingredients that you can find easily at your grocery store. This recipe was adapted from a recipe found in the Allrecipes “Tried and True Quick and Easy” cookbook.
Six Can Chicken Tortilla Soup (serves 6)
1 (15 oz) can corn, drained
1 (15 oz) can black beans with liquid
1 (10 oz) can diced tomatoes with green chili peppers, drained
2 (14.5 oz) can chicken broth
1 (10 oz) can chunk chicken
Directions: Open cans and dump all ingredients into a pot. Heat until boiling. Reduce heat and simmer 5 to 10 minutes, or until everything is heated through. Enjoy!
Serving suggestions: Serve with crushed tortilla chips and shredded cheese. You could also top this with a spoonful of sour cream if desired.
Food storage Notes: If you are going to be making this recipe in time of an emergency, omit the tortilla chips, cheese, and sour cream. The soup is plenty tasty without these ingredients. Another option would be to make homemade tortilla chips for use in this recipe.
Keep checking back to the Be Prepared Blog here at families.com for more pantry cooking recipes. In addition, if you are interested in pantry cooking for short-term, long-term, or convenience cooking, you may want to check out the book Pantry Cooking: Quick and Easy Food Storage Recipes by Linda Robins. And look for plenty more pantry cooking articles to come!
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