Day 22, Mission: ChickenTortilla Soup, 343 Recipes to Go

As temperatures start getting colder, theres nothing i love more than soup.One of my all time favorites is Chicken Tortilla.

Yields: 10 Servings
Total Time: 45 minutes
# of Pans: 2
Ingredients:
*4 Chicken Breasts
*1 Onion (diced)
*4 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
*1 Can diced green chilies
*2 Tbsp garlic
*1 Tbsp paprika
*6 Cups Chicken Broth
*1 Can diced tomatoes (fire roasted tastes best)
*1 Can black beans
*1 1/2 Cups frozen corn
*2 Limes
*Fresh Cilantro
*3 Tortillas or tortilla chips
*Sour Cream
*1 cup shredded cheddar or cheddar jack cheese
Directions:
*In a large frying pan, heat up 2 Tbsp of your oil. Add your chicken breasts. Reduce heat to medium and cover
*Rotate chicken after about 8 minutes, and continue cooking until chicken is white in the middle

*Meanwhile, in a large sauce pan warm up the remaining 2 Tbsp Oil and sautee your onions over medium heat

*Once your chicken is thoroughly cooked, shred it using two forks
*Add in your green chillies and garlic and saute for 3 minutes

*Add in your corn, black beans, paprika, tomatoes, juice of one lime and chicken broth

*Bring to a boil
*Once boiling, add in your shredded chicken
*Cook for another 20 minutes
*While soup is cooking, you can either place sautee your tortillas, or crush up some tortilla chips (if you use tortillas, slice each tortilla into 1/2" by 4" before sauteing with 1 Tbsp of oil)

*Serve your soup with fresh cilantro, lime juice, cheddar cheese and tortilla chips (or tortillas)

Day 20, Mission: Home-made Tortilla Chips, 345 Recipes to Go

Today starts 4 days of Mexican food in a row. We'll start with home made tortilla chips!

Yields: About 8 Dozen Chips
Total Time: 15 minutes
# of Pans: 1
Ingredients:* 1 package Corn or flour tortilla chips
*4 Tbsp oil
*2 Tbsp lime juice
*Salt to taste
Directions:
*Pre-heat oven to 350'
*Cut your tortillas into 8 triangles
*Lightly coat each side of your triangles with oil
*Sprinkle with salt and squeeze a little lime juice over each triangle

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*Bake for about 8-10 minutes, or until crispy

Serve with your favorite salsa or home-made guacamole

Day 19, Mission: Mini Pigs in a Blanket, 346 days to go

I know i know, what a cop out: mini pigs in a blanket. But suprisingly, not everyone knows how to make them.

Yields: About 48 Mini Pigs
Total Time:30 minutes
# of Pans: 1
Ingredients:
*1 Package lil smokies, or another brand of mini sausages
*2 packages of crescent rolls
*4 Tbsp Parmesan Cheese


Directions:
*Preheat oven to 375'
*Open the packages of crescent rolls.
*Separate each triangle, and cut into thirds so you have 3 skinny triangles
*Wrap a lil smokey in a mini triangle of crescent roll starting with the fatter end of the dough
*Place each wrapped little smokey on a baking sheet about 1 inch apart
*Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese
*Place in the center rack of the oven and bake for12-15 minutes or until golden brown

These snacks are extremly easy to make and are a great crowd pleaser!