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by popular demand: Eric's Multnomah Falls Tortilla Soup
Ingredients:
1 Stewing chicken, cooked in 4 cups water- boned, skinned, and shredded. Just leave out chicken and use vegetable
broth for vegetarian version.
Broth from chicken cooking process
1 bottle lager beer (Optional) or water, if soup too thick.
1 large can diced tomatoes
1 small can tomato paste
1 zucchini
2 Anaheim peppers
1 bell pepper
1 jalapeno pepper
4 cloves garlic
1 large sweet onion
6 Tbsp Fresh cilantro,chopped, to add into soup while cooking
1 carrot
4 tablespoons olive oil
Juice of two limes
Optional-1 ear fresh corn, sliced from ear.
1 packet of taco seasoning mix or menudo soup spice mix (preferred)
Salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes to taste
Cook chicken in 4 cups water, reserve broth .
Bone, skin, and shred chicken, set aside.
Dice all vegetables. If you discard seeds and ribs of the peppers your soup will be milder, keep them for a spicier
version.
Saute onions and garlic.
Saute all other vegetables except cilantro.
Add onions, garlic, the peppers, carrot, and taco seasoning or spice mix to the broth. Bring to a boil, then simmer
on low for 1hr.
Add zucchini, cilantro, lemon juice, corn and shredded chicken to the broth, return to boil, then simmer for ten
minutes or until zucchini is tender.
Serve with the following garnishes-Tortilla strips or chips, diced avocado, shredded jicama, limes, shredded Mexican
cheese, chopped fresh cilantro, and your favorite hot sauce.
Enjoy!
This race features Multnomah, Weisendanger, Ecola, Fairy and Wahkeena Falls. Space is limited to 100 participants.
Long-sleeve, tech race shirts are only available by August 31.
The Start and Finish is at Wahkeena Falls Trailhead in Corbett, Oregon, just off
the Historic Columbia River Highway. Map to the Start
The route runs east along Return Trial #442, paralleling the Columbia River Highway,
and merges onto the road for a bit just before Multnomah Falls Lodge. Here it heads up the stairs, along Larch
Mt Trail #441 to the top of Multnomah Falls, and continues up the trail until another mile until it intersects
Wahkeena Falls Trail #420. The course goes up and over, following Wahkeena Falls Trail all the way down to finish
at the bridge at Wahkeena Falls Trailhead. Course Map on trail system
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From Portland on I-84 toward The Dalles, take Bridal Veil Exit #28. Go
straight at the stop sign, east along the Historic Columbia River Highway toward Multnomah Falls. Reach Wahkeena
Falls after about three miles, and turn left into the picnic area to park.
From Hood River and The Dalles, heading west on I-84 toward Portland,
take Ainsworth State Park Exit #35. Continue west on the Columbia River Highway for approximately five miles, a
half mile beyond Multnomah Falls Lodge to reach Wahkeena Falls.Turn into the picnic area on your right to park.
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