Easy and Flavorful Ground Beef Tortilla Soup (not spicy)

This is a quick and easy recipe for a healthy and flavorful tortilla soup.  It isn’t spicy, so kids love this, and they enjoy choosing their own toppings to put on their bowl of soup.  To make it spicier, you can add hot sauce when combining the ingredients.  You can add cheese, sour cream, or crushed tortilla chips as toppings to name a few.

Method:

First, brown the ground beef, chopped onion, and minced garlic until the ground beef is cooked.

Add the chicken broth, tomato sauce, spices, beans and vegetables (I used frozen vegetables).

Then, bring the mixture to a boil.  Cover, reduce the heat to the low setting on the stove.  Let this simmer for 20 minutes.

When the vegetables are warm, serve the soup into bowls.  You can add sour cream, cheese, crushed tortilla chips or any other toppings.  Enjoy!

Ingredients:

• 1 pound of ground beef
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 cups or 32 ounces of chicken broth
• 1 can (15 ounces) of tomato sauce
• 1 clove of garlic minced (or 1 teaspoon of garlic minced)
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin
• 1 can (16 ounces) of kidney beans drained
• 2 cups of frozen corn
• 1 cup of frozen broccoli
• ** optional – salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

1. Brown the ground beef, onion, and garlic in a large skillet or pot until the ground beef is cooked.
2. Add the chicken broth, spices, tomato sauce, beans, and frozen vegetables to the pan.  It is optional to sprinkle in salt and pepper to taste.
3. Stir to mix, and bring to a boil.  Then, let it simmer for 20 minutes.
4. Ladle the soup into bowls.  You can add cheese, sour cream, crushed tortilla chips or any other toppings for garnish.