Vegetarian Tortilla Soup With Avocado

• 3 flour tortillas, cut into strips
• cooking spray
• 1 tablespoon peanut oil, or as needed
• 1 1/2 cups chopped onion
• 1/4 cup chopped red bell peppers
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can stewed tomatoes with juice, chopped
• 2 cups diced zucchini
• 2 cups frozen sweet corn
• 1/2 cup diced mushrooms
• 5 cups vegetable broth
• 3/4 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons hot pepper sauce
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 avocado - peeled, pitted, and sliced
• 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. Arrange tortilla strips on a baking sheet and lightly with cooking spray.
3. Bake in the preheated oven until golden and crispy, 8 to 10 minutes.
4. Heat peanut oil in a stockpot over medium-high heat; saute onion, red bell pepper, and garlic until onion is translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Add tomatoes with juice, zucchini, corn, and mushrooms; saute until zucchini is slightly softened, 3 to 4 minutes.
5. Mix vegetable broth, chili powder, hot sauce, salt, and pepper into vegetable mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer soup until vegetables are tender, 20 to 25 minutes. Stir cilantro into soup and remove stockpot from heat.
6. Ladle soup into serving bowls; top with tortilla strips, avocado slices, and Monterey Jack cheese.

flour tortillas, cooking spray, peanut oil, onion, red bell peppers, garlic, tomatoes, zucchini, frozen sweet corn, mushrooms, vegetable broth, chili powder, hot pepper, salt, fresh cilantro, avocado, shredded monterey jack cheese

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/237433/vegetarian-tortilla-soup-with-avocado/ (may not work)