Tortilla Soup and Red Tomato Salsa | culture: the word on cheese

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 medium onion (thinly sliced)
• 4 cups diced (canned Italian plum tomatoes)
• 1 cup tomato juice
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 large jalapeño chili (stemmed and seeded (if you like a)
• little heat (leave a few seeds))
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 large onions (sliced)
• 4 cloves garlic (minced)
• 7 cups chicken broth or vegetable broth
• 1 dried chipotle chili (stemmed and seeded)
• Salt (to taste)
• ½ pound fried tortilla chips
• 1 bunch cilantro leaves (coarsely chopped)
• 1 avocado (peeled, seeded, and diced)
• ½ cup cubed panela
• ½ cup crema fresca (crème fraîche, or sour cream)
• 2 limes (each cut into 4 wedges)