Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup

RECIPE BY: San

DATE: September 22, 2025

Total Time 30 minutes

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This Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup recipe is a simple 6-ingredient meal my whole family loves. It’s great for a quick meal during the busy night.

overhead shot of bowl of soup with tortilla strips and sour cream

This Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup is flavorful, easy to prepare, and makes the house smell insanely unique. Made with chicken broth, rotisserie chicken, canned diced tomatoes and black beans, ranch dressing, fiesta corn mix, and seasoned with taco seasoning, it makes a large batch that feeds my family of seven plus a few more.

Perfect for a busy night, serve this Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup as a quick & delicious dinner or meal to feed your company.

Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup is so vibrant it makes a stunning meal in under 30 minutes!

Recipe Tips

  • Choose a good-quality chicken broth to make the soup taste richer with minimal ingredients; I used Imagine Soup Chicken Broth.
  • Since you’re using rotisserie chicken, add it at the end so it stays tender and doesn’t overcook.
  • Garnish with avocado, lime juice, or a sprinkle of cheese. Just one fresh topping takes the soup from good to great.
  • This Chicken Tortilla Soup will last 5–7 days in the fridge, up to 6 months in the freezer, and tortilla strips stay fresh at room temp for 5 days.

I love making simple soups. Not only because it takes such a small amount of time, which I appreciate and need during crazy busy months, but also because my kids love them. Soup is something easy to serve during the fall and winter, with sports going on for all five of our kids, including wrestling, dance, basketball, volleyball, and cross country.

Over the holidays, I double this recipe for Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup because it is fantastic to serve to large groups. It’s filling and appealing to the eye, and everyone will rave about how delicious it is – of course, asking for the recipe, which you will share kindly.

Don’t let the busy months ahead stop you from creating fantastic, wholesome, and flavor-filled meals for your family.

This Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup recipe will soon become a part of your monthly, maybe even weekly, dinner rotation. Make this soup your own, and share your favorite toppings and add-ins below; I would love some additional ideas.

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Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup

Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 25 minutes
Total: 30 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 140 kcal
Easy 6-ingredient Chicken Tortilla Soup is easy to prepare and incredibly delicious. Great for a busy night!

Ingredients
 

  • 32 ounces Imagine® Organic Chicken Broth
  • 2/3 cup Ranch Dressing
  • 2 cup shredded Rotisserie Chicken
  • 2 14.5 ounce cans Diced Tomatoes with Green Chiles
  • 1 package Mild Taco Seasoning
  • 1 14 ounce package frozen corn – preferably Southwest Blend with peppers and onions
  • Optional topping: crunchy tortilla strips
  • 14.5 ounces canned black beans drained and rinsed

Instructions
 

  • Add all of the ingredients into a pot and place over medium-high heat and allow to come to a slow boil. 
  • Reduce heat to low. Cover partially with a lid and cook for 20 minutes.
  • For the last 5 minutes of cooking time remove the lid and allow it to continue to simmer. Remove from heat and let it sit off the heat for 5 minutes before serving. This will allow it to thicken up and cool off a bit.

Calories: 140kcalCarbohydrates: 4gProtein: 3gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 996mgPotassium: 128mgSugar: 1gVitamin A: 435IUVitamin C: 10.8mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 0.8mg

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  1. Since I do not eat beans I used can corn. Next time I will need to add bell pepper and onions. It was still tasty.

  2. 5 stars
    We have absolutely loved this recipe! We have made it twice, but both times it has been almost unbearably spicy. We can’t seem to figure out why so we can minimize it. Do you know what this would be from? Different taco seasoning? The green chiles? I am just curious!
    Also, recommend topping with cheese!

    1. Hi Katie! Are you using mild taco seasoning? You could try using separate cans of mild green chiles (4 oz) and diced tomatoes as listed, as the chiles could be the problem! Let us know if you get this figured out!

    1. The mix contains corn, black beans, onions, and peppers so you can either use frozen versions of each or frozen corn, a can of beans, and cooked onions and peppers in place of the corn mix.

    2. I used diced onions and red bellpepper and fried it down with a can of mild green chilies and my corn and beans before adding everything else. worked like a charm

    1. The frozen Southwestern corn mix used has black beans. If your mix doesn’t, you can use canned. Just be sure to drain them first.

  3. 5 stars
    I left out the ranch dressing because it’s not a family favorite, still delicious! family of 4 devoured the whole pot in 2 days! Two thumbs up!

  4. I’m just curious because your picture shows Tortilla soup that clearly has beans in it (as I believe it should, but that’s not in your recipe). I was scrolling through recipes and some of them had as many as thirty ingredients, so I was curious how to get it done with six. Thanks for the tips!

  5. I’m looking to make this recipe and I was wondering when it says 2/3 cup of ranch dressing does that mean the powder dressing or actual ranch dressing for salad?

  6. 5 stars
    Made this per recipe and it was delicious! Topped with Avocado slices, Sour Cream, Tortilla strips and Monterey Jack cheese. Thank you for sharing!