Sopa De Tortillas

Title: SOPA DE TORTILLAS

Categories: Texmex, Soups, Main dish

Yield: 4 servings

1 tb Onion, minced

1 Clove garlic, crushed

2 tb Bacon drippings or lard

2 c Beef stock

1/4 ts Cumin, ground

1/4 c Jack cheese, grated

4 c Crisp tostadas

3 Whole,dried,crushed chiles>>

Anaheim or other mild chile.

Saute the onion and garlic in the bacon drippings or lard in a med. sized saucepan. Add the stock,

chiles, and cumin and simmer until the chiles are

tender, abt. 30 min. Ladle soup into bowls or mugs

and top each bowl with some of the grated cheese.

Divide half of the tostados evenly among the

servings. Heat the bowls under the broiler for abt. 5

min. to melt cheese. Sprinkle a few more tostados on

each. Serve remaining tostados separately in bowl. --