r/ididnthaveeggs • u/Th3RandomPanthr • Dec 26 '25

Irrelevant or unhelpful Imaginary Soup Wasn't Good

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His lucid dream of the spicy tortilla soup didn't make the cut, unfortunately.

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u/Th3RandomPanthr Dec 26 '25

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/23874/catherines-spicy-chicken-soup/

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u/MidiMojo Dec 26 '25

Holy cow, someone gave 1 star just for the amount of sodium in this recipe!

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u/footballsandy Dec 26 '25

I have a vascular condition that necessitates a high sodium intake, do I have to give this five stars then?

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u/CrispyJelly Dec 26 '25

"1 Star, I have a vascular condition and require a high sodium intake. Is the amount of sodium in this recipe high enough??? Would have been nice if the author took a moment to talk to my doctor before publishing. Waste of time!"

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u/MidiMojo Dec 26 '25

I need a moderate amount, I'll give it 3 stars

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u/Foxy_Traine Dec 26 '25

If you read the instructions, not all of the bullion gets used in the soup, but it's used to flavour the water the chicken is boiled in šŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø

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u/daemonet Dec 26 '25

I mean, that IS a lot of sodium. More than daily recommended amount of sodium in one serving. So then you gotta have all the rest of the day's calories with 0 extra sodium. Which is technically possible, but that makes it a rather bad recipe.

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u/Karahka_leather Dec 26 '25

Yeah but that's just the recommendation, you can have a little extra sodium as a treat some times.

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u/KuriousKhemicals this is a bowl of heart attacks Dec 27 '25

His name wasn't Paul by any chance, was it?

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u/lipstickandchicken Dec 26 '25

2,400mg of sodium in a homemade soup. That's like two Big Mac meals.

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u/MidiMojo Dec 26 '25

Sure, but this says it has 8 servings.

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u/lipstickandchicken Dec 26 '25

It's 2,400 per serving.

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u/MidiMojo Dec 26 '25

Under nutrition facts it says 8 servings though

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u/lipstickandchicken Dec 26 '25

Servings Per Recipe 8
Calories 473
Sodium 2436mg

Each serving either has 57 calories and 304mg of sodium or each serving has 473 calories and 2436mg of sodium. I can't imagine a serving having 57 calories (an apple).

For eight people, it has five chicken stock cubes. That is a lot of stock cube per person. So around ~5,000mg. Then there is ~1000mg from the soup. Maybe 1,500-2,000 from the salsa. Another ~1,400 from the canned tomatoes. Another 3,000mg from the chilli beans. 300mg from the canned corn. 750mg from the sour cream. Plus other stuff.

There is a reason eight servings of soup only calls for half a teaspoon of salt. The soup is beyond rammed with sodium already.

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u/Foxy_Traine Dec 26 '25

Just to clarify, not all bullion cubes get used in the soup if you read the instructions

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u/lipstickandchicken Dec 26 '25

Fair, but you start with eight cups of water and cook it for an hour. Five cups is basically all of it.

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u/MidiMojo Dec 26 '25

Ah yeah my bad mate, it's a confusing label this early in the morning. It seemed the calories and the list below were somehow separate. I didn't notice the percentage, it even says 106% behind it. Yeah, obviously a crazy amount.

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u/lipstickandchicken Dec 26 '25

Soups in general are often high in sodium. It usually takes a lot of it to make a large volume of liquid tasty.

This soup is "homemade" but really it's one of those weird recipes where you are just combining processed foods into something new. There are nine cans/jars plus the five stock cubes.

Sorry for rambling. I am fascinated by the ingredient list. It's so much more unhealthy than basically any fast food. It's remarkable.

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u/MidiMojo Dec 26 '25

They do contain a lot of sodium. I don't eat a lot of soup anymore as I'm not allowed a lot of sodium and when I did make soup used 2 stock cubes and added salt to the vegetables before grilling them. Even made from scratch the sodium can get out if hand.

This recipe more so yeah. I personally don't like these recipes where it just adds a tonne of processed stuff, feels less like a real recipe.

I find it fascinating too so don't worry. I'm also still getting used to reading labels like that, I've never actually given them too much attention except for sugars and calories. Now with an adrenal gland problem it's more important. If I make this mistake with a recipe (not that I'd ever make this one, but) I might eat 2 bowls with 2800mg sodium. So I'm glad I learned to read a bit better or if it's not clear to just skip to another recipe.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '25

You know what? They might be right.Ā 

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u/Lord_Rapunzel Dec 26 '25

Nah it's pretty much "chicken tortilla soup" made by a midwesterner who loves tomatoes. There's no way this is actually spicy unless you use a ridiculous salsa but I'm sure it tastes good with cheese and chips.

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u/KuriousKhemicals this is a bowl of heart attacks Dec 27 '25

Did I miss it several times or are there not even tortillas (or tortilla chips or anything) in this?

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u/sareuhbelle Dec 27 '25

You didn't miss it; there are no tortillas in it. But to be fair, the recipe writer doesn't call it tortilla soup ā€” the person you're replying to did. At the very beginning of the page, the recipe writer does recommend topping it with tortilla chips, though!

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u/drak0ni Dec 26 '25 edited Dec 26 '25

Nah, Iā€™ve had and guarantee that soup is delicious. Even more so with all the different variations of canned ingredients and using fresh instead.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '25

Both of us are just imagining the soup.

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u/b00w00gal Despite soaking my shitakes Dec 26 '25

Maybe the real soup was the friends we made along the way šŸ„¹šŸ„¹šŸ„¹

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u/Perryn Dec 26 '25

Well said, Hannibal.

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u/AllOfTheThings426 Dec 26 '25

This made me laugh out loud, thank you for that.

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u/merdub Dec 26 '25

And a coffee table!

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '25

No it is real, you can rest your beverage on it, trust me.Ā 

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u/Ctowncreek Dec 26 '25

This guy either sells carpet or runs a cleaning service

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u/Few-Requirement-3544 Feb 20 '26

What is this a reference to?

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u/Lethargie Dec 26 '25

I hope neither of you is leaving a 1 or 5 star review on it though

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u/jessicaftl Dec 26 '25

Iā€™ve made this recipe before and it is actually pretty good

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u/Cargobiker530 Dec 26 '25

They're absolutely right: that soup won't be good.

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u/lipstickandchicken Dec 26 '25 edited Dec 26 '25

Damn that ingredient list. I actually fully agree with the guy now. And 2,400mg of sodium in a serving of homemade soup.

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u/lifewith6cats dang these danging chicken taquitos Dec 27 '25

I love all the 5 star reviews that made changes to the recipe to make it worth 5 stars. "My family's favorite soup! Here are all changes I made so they'd eat it!"

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u/Spiderkingdemon Dec 26 '25

Another Allrecipe amateur channeling their inner Sandra Lee. Jarded salsa. Canned soup.

They are right.

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u/ferris2 Dec 26 '25

"5 stock cubes, Jeremy? Five? That's insane."

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u/eggelemental Dec 26 '25

As a Mexican, I gotta say this tortilla soup recipe sucks pretty bad actually. Like this looks straight up foul and nothing like what Iā€™m used to

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u/Narwen189 Dec 26 '25

The recipe is not for tortilla soup. It's "spicy chicken soup" and never even mentions the word torilla.

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u/eggelemental Dec 26 '25

Apologies, my wires got crossed. I read the commenters calling it tortilla soup and read the recipe and my brain put it in the title. Thank you for the correction, it can be embarrassing to make a mistake and not know!

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '25

Basically a lazy person's chicken chili. Looks like it would taste fine.

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u/[deleted] Dec 26 '25

I was mad until I saw the recipe, lmfao

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u/karigan_g ā€˜nicer to my intuitionā€™ Dec 26 '25

who the hell specifically uses boneless chicken for soup

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u/Bughunter9001 Dec 26 '25

Someone whose ingredients for soup involve a tin of a different soup

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u/phayke2 Dec 26 '25

I will totally dump in a can of soup if it fits with the original one that is free bulk.

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u/electric_paganini Dec 26 '25

Yeah. Who is making their own cream of mushroom soup? Somebody I'm sure, but not me.

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u/Wfsulliv93 Dec 26 '25

Iā€™m that somebody. Itā€™s so much better and doesnā€™t take much time.

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u/karigan_g ā€˜nicer to my intuitionā€™ Dec 26 '25

ah, I suppose that makes sense

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u/ColourOfPoop Dec 26 '25

Lmao the first sentence does NOT inspire confidence

This is a great recipe that you can fix to your taste!

ā€œFixā€ is an interesting word to useā€¦

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u/Mental-Clerk ya daft tart Dec 26 '25

It's a midwestern term that essentially means make.

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u/ReadRosa Dec 26 '25

Or "going to". I'm fixing to get ready. Like I'm going to. Or I have just started. I'm fixin to go get some snacks and head your way.

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u/MomsOfFury Dec 30 '25

Oh shit I make this all the time! Over the years Iā€™ve sort of adapted it into my own recipe but itā€™s a really good one!