Chicken Tortilla Soup

 


Ingredients:

  • 2 chicken breasts (can substitute with pre-cooked rotisserie chicken)
  • 1 tetra pack chicken broth
  • 1 can diced tomatoes
  • 1 can black beans
  • 1 can refried beans
  • 1 can chopped green chilies
  • 1 cup corn kernals
  • Tortilla chips, as garnish
  • Grated cheddar cheese, as garnish
  • Cilantro, as garnish
  • Salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions:
  1. In a saucepan, put 1 tetra pack of chicken broth, 1 can diced tomatoes, 1 can rinsed black beans, 1 can refried beans, 1 can chopped green chilies, 1 cup corn kernals, salt and pepper to taste. Set to medium heat
  2. Pan fry chicken breasts, flipping as needed, until reaching an internal temperature of 165 F
  3. Cube chicken and put into sauce pan
  4. Grate cheddar cheese, as much as desired for topping
  5. Destem cilantro, as much as desired for topping
  6. Bring soup to a boil, then turn off heat
  7. Top with crushed tortilla chips, grated cheddar cheese, and cilantro
Yield: A big pot of soup

Source: Modified from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szgDBPW_dUo

Description:

I modified this recipe from a video featuring go-to meals from people with ADHD. The original used a pre-cooked rotisserie chicken to eliminate one of the steps. It also used a can of Rotel, which I'd never heard of but on looking it up seemed to be a pre-mix of diced tomatoes and green chilies. I substituted by using the composite ingredients.

Cooking can be a struggle for a lot of people with ADHD. It can be really fun and experiemental, but at the same time it's repetetive and obligatory. To avoid the daily ritual, many of us will adapt by cooking a large quantity of something reliable and then subsist on leftovers.

For me this was fried rice. I've said before that fried rice is my closest conception of food at the most basic level. If you put me in a kitchen and told me to make food with no further instruction, I would likely produce fried rice. 

There were many nights where I felt overwhelmed at the idea of making food, and I would start by putting on a cup of rice, then pan frying some protein, throwing in whatever vegetables, and then cracking an egg in it. Then seeing what I'd done, I'd toss in some sriracha and teriyaki and call it fried rice. It's cheap, relatively health, intuitive, flavourful, and can be made in large quantities.

This chicken tortilla soup recipe follows similar principles. I could see this being made from ingredients that someone usually has around the house. It's got a decent number of ingredients but it can mostly just all be thrown together and heated up. For another ADHDer, chicken tortilla soup is their fried rice.

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