Healthy Vegetarian Tortilla Soup

This healthy vegetarian tortilla soup is a wholesome, plant-based version of a classic chicken tortilla soup. It’s light, quick, and is the perfect soup to make year round! All you need is 1 pot and 30 minutes to cook. 

One of my favorite soups is tortilla soup – but rather than making this traditional chicken tortilla soup I opted the chicken for vegetables. This vegetarian tortilla soup has a zippy Mexican flavor with black beans, corn, fire roasted tomatoes – topped with cheese and tortilla strips. A quick & easy meal that’s absolutely delicious! All you need is 1 pot, a handful of ingredients, and 30 minutes to cook.

How to Make Tortilla Soup Vegetarian

Whenever you make a vegetarian version of a recipe it’s really important to replace the meat protein with a plant-based protein. If  you just remove the meat all together you aren’t getting the proper amount of protein you need – and the recipe will not be satisfying enough.

Pack your soup with lots of beans for added plant-based protein and fiber – such an easy and affordable substitute for meat!

Tips When Making This Vegetarian Tortilla Soup

• Use a high quality vegetable broth.
• Use fire roasted diced tomatoes over regular diced tomatoes. This adds a nice dynamic and a zippy flavor to your soup.
• Choose your favorite beans – in this recipe I chose black beans and garbanzo/chickpea. This soup also works well with kidney beans, navy beans, and cannellini!

A delicious, low carb soup that has classic tortilla soup flavors, and full of healthy vegetables! This is a soup you will make again and again.

Other vegetarian recipes you may enjoy:
Healthy Moroccan Chickpea Stew
Black Bean Vegetarian Fajita Recipe
Italian Kale and White Bean Soup

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Healthy Vegetarian Tortilla Soup

5 from 2 votes

Servings 6

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Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Cooling Time

10 mins

Total Time

40 mins

A vegetarian version of classic chicken tortilla soup - ready in under an hour, loaded with plant-based protein, and traditional Mexican flavors. So yummy and easy! 

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: tortilla soup, vegan soup, vegetarian soup

Calories: 199 kcal

Author: A Simple Palate

Ingredients

• 32 oz vegetable broth
• 1 small yellow onion, diced
• 2 15 oz can fire roasted diced tomatoes
• 1 15 oz. can black beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 15 oz. can garbanzo beans
• 2 cups frozen corn
• 1 Tbsp olive oil

Seasoning

• 2 Tbsp paprika
• 1 Tbsp chili powder
• 1 Tbsp cumin
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• dash of cayenne
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp salt

Toppings

• tortilla strips, chips
• fresh cilantro
• avocado slices

Instructions

1. In dutch oven or large pot, saute diced onion in olive oil over medium heat for 3-5 minutes. Add vegetable broth, tomatoes, beans, corn, and all of seasoning ingredients.

2. Stir ingredients and cover. On medium to high heat let soup cook and flavors develop for 30 minutes - stir occasionally. 

3. When soup has cooked down/thickened, serve and top with cilantro, tortilla strips/chips, avocado slices. Enjoy!

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