Tortilla Soup. Evidence ranking
Chicken Tortilla Soup
#1 among published recipes we could fairly measure. We use this ranking to build The GüdDish when the method is cook-validated.
Ranking verdict
Split Decision
Current evidence cannot confidently separate the top two. Treat this as a shortlist, not a single crown.
#1 ranked recipe
natashaskitchen.com
· top 5% of 294 analysed
4.99 from 1,959 ratings
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#1 published Tortilla Soup by GüdScore (as of 2026-08-17): Chicken Tortilla Soup from natashaskitchen.com (of 294 rated recipes across 59 sites). Verdict: Split Decision. That ranking is evidence for building The GüdDish.
Among published Tortilla Soup recipes we could fairly measure, #1 is Chicken Tortilla Soup from natashaskitchen.com (294 rated recipes across 59 sites). GüdScore orders them by how far each outperforms its own publisher. That ranking is how we decide what to learn from when we build The GüdDish.
Why it ranked first
This recipe
4.99
natashaskitchen.com avg
4.75
Ahead of its publisher by 0.24 stars. That gap, not the raw rating alone, drives the rank, because a 4.99 on a site where everything is 4.99 means little.
- 1,959 people rated it, enough that the score is not resting on a handful of opinions.
- That combination puts it in the top 5% of every Tortilla Soup recipe we analysed.
Runner-up: Grilled Chicken Tortilla Soup with Tequila Crema (foodnetwork.com), ★ 5.00 from 39 ratings.
What this takes
6, 6 servings · 45 min total · 15 min prep · 18 ingredients · 5 steps
- 2 Tbsp light olive oil
- 1 large yellow onion (chopped)
- 4 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1-2 jalapeno peppers (seeded and diced)
- 32 oz chicken broth
- 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
- 1 lb chicken breasts ((2 medium), or leftover rotisserie chicken*)
- 15 oz can corn (drained and rinsed)
- 15 oz can black beans (drained and rinsed)
- 1 1/2 tsp chilli powder
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp salt (or to taste)
- 1/3 cup cilantro (chopped, plus more to garnish)
- 1 1/2 Tbsp lime juice (from 1 lime, or to taste)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 8 corn tortillas ((6" tortillas))
- 1 large avocado (diced)
- 1 lime (cut into wedges, to serve)
The GüdDish · draft · cook QA in progress
GüdDish Tortilla Soup
This is the tortilla soup we cook at home when we want the best result without juggling ten tabs. We read the strongest recipes we could find, kept the ingredients and techniques that overlap again and again, and cut the rest. What is left is one combined method: the best of the best, easy to handle, easy to run, and built to come out right every time.
serves 4 to 6
65 min total
4 steps
Needs cook QA
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Full evidence ranking
Showing 10 of a 10-slot list for this dish’s pool of 294 scored recipes. First 10 clear the full CrowdScore floor (at least 15 ratings and 4.5+ stars), ordered by how far each beats its own publisher after we adjust for rating volume. Star ratings and counts are the publisher’s public evidence when present. Close places can still reverse with more data.
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1Chicken Tortilla Soup4.99 from 1,959 ratings
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2Grilled Chicken Tortilla Soup with Tequila Crema5.00 from 39 ratings
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3Creamy Chicken Tortilla Soup4.99 from 410 ratings
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4Chicken Tortilla Soup4.99 from 790 ratings
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5Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe5.00 from 393 ratings
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6The Best Chicken Tortilla Soup4.92 from 247 ratings
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7Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe (Instant pot and stove top)4.90 from 461 ratings
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8Chicken Tortilla Soup5.00 from 68 ratings
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9Chipotle Black Bean Tortilla Soup4.95 from 119 ratings
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10Creamy Green Chili Tortilla Soup4.83 from 164 ratings
Major publishers (ratings not CrowdScore-verified)
Some major publishers show star totals without review-level data we can audit. Those aggregates never enter CrowdScore. They can still appear here as honest publisher claims or as method references. Below: top claims for this dish.
Behind the evidence
294Recipes rated
59Sites
14,783Ratings
HighOrdering confidence
What enters GüdScore
We only put a recipe in GüdScore when we can check the evidence behind its rating at the review level. Sites that only publish closed aggregate stars, without recoverable reviews, stay outside that score rather than being quietly down-weighted. Where we can rebuild ratings from raw public reviews, we do that before a recipe competes. Full methodology: How GüdScore works.
FAQ
What is the best Tortilla Soup recipe?
#1 published Tortilla Soup by GüdScore (as of 2026-08-17): Chicken Tortilla Soup from natashaskitchen.com (of 294 rated recipes across 59 sites). Verdict: Split Decision. That ranking is evidence for building The GüdDish.
How does GüdDish pick a winner?
We search the open web for methods, measure rated recipes with GüdScore (evidence engine), study ingredients and techniques that set the strongest ones apart, then build one GüdDish. GüdScore does not hand you a single best recipe alone. Details: https://guddish.com/method.html
What does the verdict mean?
The Rank verdict describes the published-recipe competition, not a grade for The GüdDish. Clear Winner means number one is well ahead. Close Contest, Photo Finish, and Split Decision mean the top recipes are hard to separate. Limited corpus means we analyzed fewer recipes than a mature dish.
Why are some big publishers missing from GüdScore?
GüdScore only includes ratings we can audit at the review level. Sites that only expose closed aggregate scores, without recoverable review data, stay outside that score. Their recipes may still inform technique. See How GüdDish works for the full rules.
How often is this updated?
This page’s data was last scored or re-synced on 2026-08-17.
The public Rank is the top 10. The rest of the scored pool lives in the JSON API, not on this page.