Chicken tortilla soup is a study in contrast: a smoky, chile-warmed broth, tender shredded chicken, and — the part everyone fights over — crisp tortilla strips that stay crunchy just long enough to matter. That crunch is also the dosing trap. A soup this slurpable begs for a second bowl, and a second bowl of a dosed pot is a second dose nobody counted. So Chef Smoke keeps the pot clean for everyone. The soup simmers sober. The dose goes on bowl by bowl, in a lime-scented oil drizzled at the table, where every bowl carries the same number and the pot itself never lies to anyone.
🧈 Decarb & Infusion (The House Olive Oil)
- Decarb: 7g ground flower, spread thin on a lined sheet, 240°F (115°C) for 40 minutes, until fragrant and golden. Cool completely before handling — hot flower loses terpenes to the air.
- Infusion method: Stovetop olive oil — decarbed flower + 1 cup olive oil, 180–200°F for 2 hours, never simmering. Strain through cheesecloth, press gently. Yield: ~1 cup finished dosed olive oil.
- Storage: Refrigerate airtight up to 3 weeks, freeze up to 6 months. Label it dosed and dated — dosed oil looks exactly like regular olive oil, which is exactly why the label matters.
- Dosing math for this batch: 1 tablespoon dosed olive oil ≈ 75mg THC, 1 teaspoon ≈ 25mg. This soup doses 6 bowls with 1 tablespoon total — about 12mg per bowl.
🥘 The Technique: Chicken Tortilla Soup (6 servings, ~12mg each)
- Build the soup clean: Soften 1 diced onion and 1 diced poblano in plain olive oil, then add 3 minced garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon cumin, 1 teaspoon smoked paprika, 1 can crushed tomatoes, 1 can fire-roasted tomatoes, and 6 cups chicken stock. Simmer 15 minutes.
- Cook the chicken in the broth: Add 1½ pounds boneless chicken thighs and simmer 20 minutes, until tender. Lift the chicken out, shred it with two forks, and return it to the pot with 1 can black beans, drained, and the juice of 1 lime. Season with salt and pepper. Everything so far is clean — this pot is safe for every guest at the table.
- Fry the strips separately: Cut 6 corn tortillas into strips and fry in plain oil until golden and crisp, then drain on paper towels and salt while hot. Keep the strips in their own bowl, never in the pot — soggy strips are a tragedy, and a dosed pot is a liability.
- Dose it bowl by bowl: Ladle the soup into 6 bowls. Drizzle each bowl with 1/2 teaspoon dosed olive oil (≈ 12mg) — the same spoon, the same drizzle, every time. Top with tortilla strips, avocado, shredded cheese, and cilantro, never extra oil.
- Serve it counted: Announce it: ~12mg per bowl. Keep the ladle in the clean pot and the dosed oil in its own labeled bottle, far from the serving spoon. A second bowl is fine — it just gets counted like the first, or it gets no drizzle at all.
🧬 Terpene Pairing
- Primary terpenes: Myrcene (the soft, savory depth of the chile broth), beta-caryophyllene (the warm pepper of the cumin and paprika), and limonene (the bright lime lift that keeps the smoky broth from going heavy).
- How to use it: A peppery, citrus-bright strain reads as one more seasoning in a tortilla soup. The lime already brings the high note, so the infusion blends in rather than announcing itself.
- What to avoid: Heavy, skunky profiles — they fight the fresh lime and cilantro. Keep it herbal, peppery, and bright.
🌱 Strain Suggestions
- OG Kush — Myrcene, caryophyllene. Earthy and grounded; the chile broth's natural partner.
- Jack Herer — Pinene, terpinolene. Piney and uplifting; the cilantro's best friend.
- Blue Dream — Myrcene, pinene. Soft and balanced; lets the lime stay the star.
📏 Dosage
- Per serving: ~12mg THC per bowl (6 bowls, 1 tablespoon dosed oil total).
- The tortilla-strip rule: The strips are the garnish, not the dose. Never fry the strips in dosed oil — the dose lives in the drizzle, where it can be measured.
- Onset: 30–90 minutes for most people. Count the whole bowl, not just the drizzle — the drizzle is only one part of the meal's math.
Start with one serving. Wait 90 minutes before even thinking about a second. For adults 21+ only. Consume responsibly and in accordance with local laws.
🥘 Chef Smoke's Tortilla Soup Rule: "The pot stays clean, the bowl gets counted, and the crunch stays crunchy — that is the whole sermon."
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