OMG! Spot on! I always come here for great food recipies, bu have never left a comment until now! WOW! Awesome…what else can I say! Deffinately need 2 cups of flour! Have a great day! Now I just need the green beans from Outback and I will be set! LOL

Alexis

This was not what we expected. This slightly tasted like Chilis soup. We followed the directions above and we were disappointed with the taste. We will stick to Chili’s for this soup.

I make this soup but add i can of enchilada sauce, maybe Diane is missing.
My husband loves this soup I have also made it with shredded pork. Very good

I definitely taste the 2 cups flour. I made it as the recipe suggested and the flour taste just overpowered everything else. I then tried adding a can of green chillies to see if that would help…it did but I still taste flour.

You really need to cook the soup long enough for the masa harina to cook through, if you do not fully cook it, it will continue to taste raw.

this stuff is terriffic-took it ito a bookclub meeting and people asked for leftofvers to take home.

I am glad to hear the soup worked out well for you! People asking for left overs is always a compliment.

great recipe- BUT….. needs some salt and you need to PRE-SEASON your chicken with a taco mix before you add it to your soup. ALSO….. use chicken broth INSTEAD of water where called for, if not, it’s too bland !!

do you think olive oil would change the taste too much?

I don’t think it would change it too much, but it would change the flavor a little. If you have regular Olive Oil instead of Extra Virgin, this may be a better choice.

I made this according to the directions. I added the masa (which I made absolutely sure there were NO lumps) to the onion mixture, waited for it to boil, but instead it turned into dough! What did I do wrong??

Can you substitute cornmeal or polenta (raw or cooked) for the masa?

I would not try this, corn meal is far more coarse than masa harina. If you try it, let us know how it turned out.

It could change it somewhat. I would avoid extra virgin olive oil.

Not sure what happened, maybe the heat was too high.

Will it make a great difference if I use regular flour instead of Masa Harina?

Will it make a great difference if I use regular flour instead of Masa Harina?

It will make a large difference. It won’t turn out correctly, soup made with regular all purpose flour is likely to turn into a thick paste.

Super, super close but not quite… My husband is a huge fan of Chili’s version of this soup so I gave this recipe a try. Turns out it is super bland but we found that if we added salt and a sharp cheese to top it with it helped. I’m guessing even 1 quart of chicken broth and 3 quarts water would help instead of 4 quarts water. It’s really close though and really good for the most part!

Super, super close but not quite… My husband is a huge fan of Chili’s version of this soup so I gave this recipe a try. Turns out it is super bland but we found that if we added salt and a sharp cheese to top it with it helped. I’m guessing even 1 quart of chicken broth and 3 quarts water would help instead of 4 quarts water. It’s really close though and really good for the most part!

Just made it, It was surprisingly easy to make, once I found all of the ingredients I have never heard of. I will post to let you know how it turned out!

what is the” chicken base” called for in this recipe?

SO SHE WANTS US TO MIX 1 QUART OF CHICKEN BROTH TO THE MASA? AND WHERE DID THE RECIPES LIST ASK FOR TOMATOES? DO WE DICE THEM? AND ABOUT HOW MUCH?

Taking into consideration the salt and chicken stock advice I got this recipe right on. Cant wait to make it again.

The recipe states clearly.. 2C. crushed tomatoes, and it says to add the them right before the cheese and after the 3 quarts of remaining h2o… maybe you overlooked it. good luck!

Just had this soup from Chili’s yesterday. Don’t recall any tomatoes in the texture of the soup, onions either. Perhaps they puree them? Not seeing how this can be the same.

A couple of years ago, chili’s began to prepare this soup in an industrial setting and it is no longer prepared in house. The texture has changed radically. I have not updated the original recipe.