Zopa Azteca, The Ultimate Comfort Soup

A comforting and flavorful Mexican soup made with tortillas, Roma tomatoes, onion, garlic, chiles, chicken broth, and topped with queso panela, avocado, pasilla strips, and Mexican crema.

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Cook time: 30 minutes

Servings: 4

Ingredients

• 10 pieces tortillas
• 4 pieces Roma tomatoes
• 1 piece onion wedge
• 1 piece garlic clove
• 2 pieces guajillos
• 2 pieces chile anchos or pasilla
• 2 pieces chiles de árbol
• 1 cup water
• 1 tbsp chicken bouillon
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 handful epazote leaves
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 1 piece queso panela
• 1 piece avocado
• 1 handful pasilla strips
• 1 bottle Mexican crema

Instructions

1. Cut 10-12 tortillas into strips, leaving 2 whole ones to blend later.
2. For the sauce, begin by frying 4 Roma tomatoes, 1 onion wedge, 1 garlic clove, 2 guajillos, and 2 chile anchos or pasilla.
3. Optional for heat, add 1-2 chiles de árbol and fry for a couple of seconds.
4. Add 1 cup of water to the fried ingredients.
5. Transfer everything to a blender.
6. Season the blended mixture with 1 tbsp chicken bouillon and 1 tsp oregano.
7. Fry the sauce.
8. Add epazote leaves to the sauce.
9. Add 3-4 cups of chicken broth to the sauce. Add pre salt if needed and allow it to come to a boil for about 10 mins.
10. Prepare the toppings: cube the queso panela, slice the avocado, prepare the pasilla strips, and have the Mexican crema ready.