Traditional Sopa Tarasca

Alejandra Cota
Sopa Tarasca is one of Mexico’s most traditional soups. This delightful and classic soup from Michoacán brings out all the robust flavors of ingredients like pasilla chiles, tomatoes, ancho chiles, bay leaves, garlic, and beans! The aroma, bright color, and exquisite taste of the traditional sopa Tarasca will make you fall in love with Mexican cuisine!
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Ingredients
2
Portions
  • 1/2 onions, cut into eighths
  • 1 clove garlic, cut into chunks
  • 2 tomatoes, cut into cubes
  • 1 cup beans, cooked
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 2 pasilla chiles, trimmed, seeded, and rehydrated
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 2 leaves dried bay
  • 1 teaspoon thyme
  • 1 teaspoon marjoram
  • some vegetable oil
  • 1 cup corn tortillas, cut into strips
  • 1/2 cups ancho chile, cut into thin strips
  • some sour cream, for serving
  • some queso fresco, crumbled, for serving
  • some avocado, for serving
Preparation
20 mins
15 mins
Easy
  • On a griddle over high heat, roast onion, garlic, and tomato. Set aside.
  • Transfer roasted ingredients to a blender. Add beans, bean broth, pasilla chile, chicken broth, bay leaves, thyme, and marjoram, and blend until smooth.
  • In a skillet, heat a bit of oil and cook previous mixture until thick.
  • In a skillet, heat oil over medium heat and fry tortilla strips until crispy. Remove from oil and drain on a paper towel-lined plate to remove excess oil. Char serrano chile strips without burning, remove from oil, and drain on a paper towel-lined plate to remove excess oil.
  • Serve traditional sopa Tarasca in a soup bowl and top with sour cream, fried tortilla strips, charred ancho chile, queso fresco, and avocado.

Nutritional information

* * Information per 100g serving, percent daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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