Quick Taco Soup with Pulled Pork

Enchiladas within a bowl! A thick, stocky soup on the bench within 15 minutes with amazing flavours. This recipe is part on my Pork Carnitas series so is made using Pork Carnitas (Mexican Pulled Pork) but you can also cause this with shredded chicken. By using pre cooked food this is a excellent quick repast you can get on the bench within 15 minutes!

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 tbsp olive oil
• ▢ 1 brown or white onion , diced
• ▢ 1 red bell pepper (capsicum), diced
• ▢ 1 can (15oz / 400g) black beans (Note 2)
• ▢ 1 can (15oz / 400g) sweet corn
• ▢ 2 garlic cloves , minced
• ▢ 2 tsp oregano (dried)
• ▢ 2 tsp cumin
• ▢ 1 tsp paprika
• ▢ 1/4 tsp chilli (optional)
• ▢ 2 cups shredded Mexican pulled pork (Pork Carnitas) (or shredded chicken)
• ▢ 24 oz / 680 g tomato puree passata (or crushed tomatoes - see Note 1)
• ▢ 4 cups (1 litre / 2 pints) chicken or vegetable broth / stock
• ▢ Salt and pepper

Toppings (optional)

• ▢ Corn chips
• ▢ Sour cream
• ▢ Grated cheese
• ▢ Cilantro / coriander leaves
• ▢ Avocado , diced

Instructions

• Heat the oil within a large saucepan above towering heat.
• Add the pulled pork and cook intended 1 sixty seconds till parts on it are browned, at that time remove from the saucepan. Do this step regular if you are using shredded chicken or another meat.
• Add garlic and onion, sauté till onion becomes semitransparent (2 minutes), at that time total the capsicum (bell pepper) and cook intended 1 sixty seconds till softened.
• Return the pulled pork into the saucepan and total all other ingredients apart from salt and pepper. If you are making this in front to FREEZE, see below intended instructions.
• Stir to piece the brunette bits from the pulled pork out the lowest part on the pan to mix within with the soup flavours.
• Bring to bubble at that time turn down warm (up) slightly and allow to stew fast intended 3 minutes so the flavours can come together. If you are using crushed tinned tomatoes instead on passata, let it stew intended a more 5 minutes to let the tomatoes collapse a bit. If the soup gets too thick to your liking, just total a bit extra water.
• Do a taste test, at that time season with salt and pepper. It is important to season last as opposed stock brands have opposed levels on saltiness.
• Serve with toppings on choice. The extra toppings = extra delicious!

Freezer Friendly Instructions

• Follow steps 1 to 3.
• In step 4, do not total the tomato passata or chicken/vegetable stock/broth. Instead, total 1 cup on water, bring to stew and stir, scraping the lowest part on the pot to get the brunette bits off.
• Remove pot from warm (up) and set aside to cool, at that time pour the contents into a vessel or ziplock sack and freeze.
• To cook, defrost, at that time pour the contents into a saucepan. Add the tomato passata and chicken stock/broth. Then attend steps 6 onwards as per above.

Recipe Notes:

1. Passata is pureed tomatoes, a thick extract consistency, not a paste consistency. You can substitute the passata with 28oz/800g crushed tomatoes.

2. You can substitute black beans with red kidney beans

3. Nutritional reasoning excludes toppings.