Spicy Corn and Tomato Soup

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, pressed
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1 grated orange, juice and zest of
• 1/2-1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce or other hot pepper sauce, to taste
• 2 lbs ripe plum tomatoes, chopped
• 8 ounces chorizo sausage, sliced

• 1 (13 ounce) can creamed corn
• 4 ounces corn chips
• 2 ounces sharp cheddar cheese

Directions

1. 1

   Heat oil in sauce pan.

2. 2

   Add onion and cook, stirring until soft.

3. 3

   Stir in garlic and celery and cook, stirring, until celery is soft.

4. 4

   Add orange zest and juice, Tabasco and tomatoes and simmer covered 20 minutes While soup is simmering, cook sausage in ungreased frying pan until lightly browned.

5. 5

   Drain Blend or process tomato mixture until finely chopped.

6. 6

   Stir in corn, return to pan and heat through Just before serving, spread corn chips in broiler pan.

7. 7

   Sprinkle with cheese and place under broiler just until cheese melts Stir chorizo into soup and serve with corn chips.