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Smokey Veg Taco Soup

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Smokey Veg Taco Soup

Smokey Veg Taco Soup

I love good Mexican food and yes I can eat it any day! Actually, this soup is not purely Mexican but a fusion of Mexican flavors, broiled in Texas, USA.

Smokey Veg Taco Soup

Smokey Veg Taco Soup

Most of the restaurants serve it with chicken and not one place serve it for the vegetarians. I do not eat chicken but whenever my husband orders it, I drink the broth and I absolutely love the flavors. I searched some recipes and discovered a way to make quick and flavorful taco soup.

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Smokey Veg Taco Soup

Smokey Veg Taco Soup

Honestly, this is a very simple soup, more like dump everything and let cook kinda soup. Sounds interesting? Oh yes!! Anybody would love it. Perfect for any weeknight meal, a good pot of it will make your guests happy – a perfect party hot pot meal. Smokey flavor comes from the jalapeño grilled directly on the flame. You may use canned chilli too. A mix of fire grilled jalapeño, onions, tomatoes, corn kernels, black beans, salsa, Corinader leaves, oregano, paprika, cumin – together make it  a fabulous soup. Topped with cheese, finely chopped onions, jalapeño and a handful of crushed taco chips – ah, this is so mouthful and so delcious!

This is how I made it!

Smokey Veg Nacho Soup

  • Servings: 4-6
  • Difficulty: easy
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Smokey Veg Taco Soup

Smokey Veg Taco Soup

Kitchen Equipments Required

Chopping board, knife, Heavy bottom sauce pan with lid, stirring spoon.

Ingredients

Onions – 1/2 cup, finely chopped

Garlic – 2 cloves large, minced

Tomatoes – 3 large (approx 400gms), puréed

Jalapeño – 1

Corn kernels – 1 cup

Black beans – 1 cup, canned or cooked (optional)

Salsa – 1/2 cup, home made or market bought

Coriander / Cilantro leaves – 1/2 cup packed, roughly chopped

Water or Vegetable Low Sodium Broth – 4 cups

Nacho or Taco Chips – 1 cup, crushed lightly

Oils & Spices

Oil – 1 tbsp

Cumin powder – 1 tsp

Oregano – 1/2 tsp

Fancy Paprika – 1 tsp. You may use Degi Mirch or Kashmiri Mirch

Salt to taste

Garnish

Any Mexican Cheese like Monterey or Queso. May use feta also. Sliced Jalapeño, Chopped Cilantro/Corinader leaves, Lime wedges, Tobasco sauce, finely chopped onions and tomatoes, avocado pieces.

Method

  1. Grilling & Prepping the Jalapeño – Grill the jalapeño on direct low flame, till it is slightly charred. Refer to the picture towards the end. Put it on the chopping board. Slit it open and chop in small pieces. You may keep the seeds like I did, for more smokey and spicy flavors. You may also remove the seeds to keep it milder.
  2. Now heat the oil in a heavy bottom pan. Add onions and garlic to it and sauté on medium flame for 3-4 minutes to sweat the onions till they are slightly pink.
  3. Add corns and black beans to the pan. Sauté for another minute. Add pureed tomatoes, grilled jalapeño, Corinader/cilantro leaves, salsa, all the spices as mentioned above and the water or vegetable broth to the pan. Stir.
  4. Bring it to a boil. Lower the flame to lower medium and cover with lid. Let simmer like that for good 15-17 minutes.
  5. Smokey Veg Taco Soup is ready to be served.

Serving Suggestion

This soup is served at the restaurants with a load of roughly crushed crispy taco chips. A good dash of lime juice, some cheese, jalapeño slices, finely chopped onions and tomatoes and cilantro leaves are added. Just dig in and enjoy a bowl full of winter goodness.

Note

You may easily make it in a pressure cooker or a slow cooker or even crock pot. For pressure cooker, after adding all the ingredients, cook for 1&1/2 whistle. Remove from the flame. Let the pressure escape and then open the lid, stir and serve warm.

Grilling the Jalapeño

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I had a great time making this smokey soup in my Indian American kitchen. I hope you will enjoy it too! I promise if you will make it once, it will be a regular feature at your home!

Sonal

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Comments

  4. Loretta

    How vibrant and delicious looking Sonal. Love Mexican flavors and this bowl screams of just that. These days my lunch everyday consists of a bowl of home-made soup and fresh fruit. Will definitely be trying this one out. Thanks for sharing 🙂

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  5. Gerard Villanueva

    That’s what I call a delicious and hearty soup Sonal! I would not be able to find a nice vegetarian/vegan(no cheese) Mexican soup like this in a restaurant either. That’s one reason why we always have to come up with our own!

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  8. Anonymous

    Looks amazing, definitely going to try. We are no chicken broth kind of vegetarians and living in Texas, this soup was on my to do list :). So glad you posted this recipe.

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